Carole T. (CatTrix58) reviewed on 4/27/2007

This is Robert Parker's sequel to Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep". Feature's Chandler's Philip Marlowe character . After the death of General Guy Sternwood, his daughter Vivian sends her psychotic sister, Carmen, to a sanatorium. Carmen's sudden disappearance from the hospital leads Vivian to turn in desperation to Eddie Mars, a shady underworld club owner. Concerned for what is happening to the family, the Sternwoods' butler asks Marlowe to find Carmen and fend off Eddie Mars once again.

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