Marlow follows him to a rear garden where a blond show-girl lies in a chaise next to the pool with a bottle of Scotch near her. Author Chandler adds another character to muddy the plot when a spaniel runs out of the house and a friend of the family, Mr. Outside, a man is washing a Cadillac when a hummingbird flies nearby. Marlow drives to Morny’s new house in Bel Air and asks for Mrs. Marlow learns that Morny is married to Lois Magic, a former room-mate of Murdock’s wife when both were entertainers. Then he calls a reporter he knows to find out about Alex Morny who has a bodyguard named Eddie Prue. After Leslie leaves, Marlow calls Morningstar and makes an appointment to see him at his office. Leslie admits he owes $12,000 dollars to a man named Alex Morny. Leslie Murdock wants to meet the man his mother hired. At Marlow’s office, a man comes in dressed in stylish clothes, smoking from a long cigarette holder. Marlow loses the follower in a swift U turn. The driver wears a pork-pie hat and dark glasses. When Marlow leaves, a tan coupe follows his car.
The secretary has been crying, wipes her eyes with a hankie monogrammed with LM. Marlow asks for a photo of the woman, Linda, and for the license number and model of her car. Her daughter-in-law has left the house and Mrs. When she went to look for it, it was gone. Murdock said it never was and never would be. A coin dealer, Elisha Morningstar, had called and asked if the coin was for sale.
Murdock explains the case to him: her daughter-in-law has stolen a rare coin from her, a Brasher Doubloon. Told in the first person by the main character, Marlow, we get a feeling for his sense of humor. Murdock, a tough–looking woman sipping a glass of port. He is walked into another room where he sees Mrs. Author Chandler describes the young blond whose face has an “off-key neurotic charm.” Before she leaves, she closes a desk drawer in which Marlow sees a Colt automatic. He gives her names of bank managers, attorneys, and cops. He is shown into a fusty, dusty room, then to another where a young woman sits behind a typewriter. Elizabeth Murdock who wants to hire a “clean” detective. The High Window, by Raymond Chandler is the story of Philip Marlow, a private eye with wit.
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