The year is 1939. Christine Lash, private investigator, is in her office repairing an alarm clock. A woman enters. She gives her name as Violet Merill and states that she represents Ultramount Studios. She requests assistance in recovering a screenplay written by Raymond Chandler, the well-known author. Taking the case, Lash initiates surveillance on Chandler. She also tracks down and questions a … questions a woman who has had an affair with Chandler. The next day the woman is found dead in a field near City Hall.
Lash finds out that Violet Merill is not who she claims to be and finds herself dealing with corrupt officials, thugs and Raymond Chandler himself as she tries to unravel the reasons for the murder and why the screenplay is so valuable.
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