The High Window

The High Window (1942) is the third Philip Marlowe novel. Hired by the domineering Mrs. Murdock to find a valuable Brasher Doubloon, Marlowe uncovers a trail of blackmail, forgery, and death that leads from Pasadena mansions to the seedy offices of Bunker Hill. As the bodies pile up, Marlowe must untangle a web of family secrets and confront the damage that wealth and cruelty inflict on the vulnerable.