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by Raymond Chandler
Raymond Chandler's latest novel featuring his iconic work, Philip Marlowe. Betty Mayfield is blonde and handsome and has been found guilty of murdering her husband. But when Junja realizes that the jury is afraid of her father-in-law (the man who owns everything in this small town in North Carolina), she overturns the verdict. Her father-in-law vows revenge, and Betty runs away. While searching for a new life, he meets Larry Mitchell, a brave but charming gigolo, on a train to Vancouver. He takes her to the Royal Vancouver Hotel, where he enters a room under the attic of Clark Brandon, the wealthy playboy who takes him under his wing. When Mitchell's body appears on Betty's balcony, greedy investigator Jeff Killane is assigned to the case, but it turns out that he is in love with Betty. Did it do that, or was it framed?
