Randall, the cunning but honest Los Angeles cop investigating Marriott's murder, is skeptical about the story. A passerby, Anne Riordan, finds him and takes him home. Later that evening, in a deserted canyon, Marlowe waits in the dark and is hit on the head from behind. Before making further progress, Marlowe receives a call from a man named Lindsay Marriott, who claims his friend has been robbed and requests Marlowe's presence in delivering a ransom payment for stolen jewellery. Mrs Florian claims Malloy's girlfriend is dead. He tracks down Mrs Jessie Florian, the widow of the nightclub's former owner, and plies her with bourbon. Marlowe decides to follow up and look for the girl. Marlowe advises Nulty to look for Malloy's girlfriend, but Nulty prefers to let Marlowe do the routine legwork and rely on finding Malloy based on his huge size and loud clothes. Nulty, a Bay City police detective who has no interest in the murder of a black man. Malloy ends up killing the black owner of the club and escaping. The club has changed owners, so no one there now knows her. Private detective Philip Marlowe is investigating a dead-end missing person case when he sees a felon, Moose Malloy, barging into a nightclub called Florian's, looking for his ex-girlfriend Velma Valento. It was adapted for the screen three times and was also adapted for the stage and radio. Farewell, My Lovely is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1940, the second novel he wrote featuring the Los Angeles private eye Philip Marlowe.
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