Playback topic

Playback is the final complete novel by Raymond Chandler, which features his iconic creation Philip Marlowe. It was published in 1958, the year before his death. The book puts Marlowe in the position of turning against a client who has hired him (via intermediaries) to follow a woman called Betty Mayfield. He is given the runaround by practically everyone in the small coastal resort town of Esmeralda where he traces Mayfield to. Marlowe encounters a variety of characters with dubious... full article at wikipedia