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In the cynical streets of 1940s–1950s California, hard‑boiled private investigator Philip Marlowe is hired to recover a rare Brasher Doubloon missing from a dead client’s collection. Every person who touches the coin falls victim to fatal misfortune, and Marlowe must solve the mystery before he too becomes a dead end.
First publish date: 1942
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Private Investigator
Authors: Raymond Chandler
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