Marlowe keeps his appointment with Phillips but finds him dead.
Marlowe agrees to buy it back the next day, and after leaving overhears the dealer trying to call Phillips. Morningstar, who confirms that someone tried to sell him a Brasher Doubloon.
Marlowe agrees to meet him at his apartment later. He is George Anson Phillips, an amateurish private detective, who wants to enlist Marlowe's help on a case he cannot handle. Marlowe is again tailed by the blond in the coupe and confronts him. Morny at home and finds her with Vannier, who acts suspiciously. Marlowe learns that Linda Conquest had two friends: Lois Magic and a Mr. Murdock reveals that he owes nightclub owner Alex Morny a large sum of money. Murdock's son Leslie Murdock visits Marlowe and tries to learn why his mother hired him. Returning to his office, Marlowe is followed by a blond man in a coupe. Murdock suspects it was stolen by her son's estranged wife, Linda Conquest, a former singer. Private investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy widow Elizabeth Bright Murdock to recover a missing Brasher Doubloon, a rare and valuable coin. It is his third novel featuring the Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe. The High Window is a 1942 novel written by Raymond Chandler.
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