Have I told you how much I love Raymond Chandler? His imagery, metaphors, quick characterisation are the best in the business. In this one, Marlowe's hired to find a missing wife who is believed to have taken a missing coin, but that's not what the job is about at all. A torch singer, a club owner, an important Italian man, a drunk who gets his kicks beating his girlfriend, an enigmatic elevator guy, a slimey blackmailer, and a woman who's suffering from post-traumatic stress, and the harsh California sun--all the usual characters populate the pages of The High Window.