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Book Review of The High Window (Philip Marlowe, Bk 3)

The High Window (Philip Marlowe, Bk 3)
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A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortuneâthe elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation. â "Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude."-- Erle Stanley Gardner â "Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who is hard-boiled enough to be convincing . . . and that is no mean achievement.