The Little Sister: A Philip Marlowe Mystery

‘If you hire me, ‘ I said, ‘I’m the guy you hire. Me. Just as I am. If you think you’re going to find any lay readers in this business, you’re crazy. So you need help. What’s your name and trouble?’

Her name is Orfamay Quest and she’s come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or leastways that’s what she tells PI Philip Marlowe, offering him a measly twenty bucks for the privilege. But Marlowe’s feeling charitable – though it’s not long before he wishes he wasn’t so sweet. You see, Orrin’s trail leads Marlowe to luscious movie starlets, uppity gangsters, suspicious cops and corpses with ice picks jammed in their necks. When trouble comes calling, sometimes it’s best to pretend to be out . . .