The Black Eyed Blonde

It is the early 1950s, business is slow and Marlowe is as restless and lonely as ever. Then a new client is shown in: young, beautiful, and expensively dressed, she wants Marlowe to find her former lover, Nico Peterson. Marlowe begins his search, but immediately discovers that Peterson's disappearance is merely the first in a series of bewildering events. Soon he is tangling with one of Bay City's richest families and developing an appreciation for how far they will go to protect their fortune. In this gripping novel, Benjamin Black returns us to the dark world of detective Philip Marlowe.