The Second Murderer

Philip Marlowe is on the hunt for a missing heiressand up against a rival PIin this smart and atmospheric authorized mystery from acclaimed crime writer and one-of-a-kind storyteller Denise Mina (James Patterson), the first woman to recreate Raymond Chandlers infamous detective.Has Philip Marlowe finally met his match? Its early fall when a heatwave descends on Los Angeles. Private Detective Philip Marlowe is called to the Montgomery estate, an almost mythic place sitting high on top of Beverly Hills. Wealthy socialite Chrissie Montgomery is missing. Young, nave, and set to inherit an enormous fortune, shes a walking target, ripe for someone to get their claws into. Her dying father and his sultry bottle-blonde girlfriend want her found before that happens. To make sure, theyve got Anne Riordannow head of her own all-female detective agencyon the case, too....