The very first time Marlowe sets eyes on Terry Lennox, he’s lying down drunk in the passenger seat of the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith. Next time, he’s on Skid Row. After they share a few Gimlets, Marlowe feels he seems just like a good guy, but he’s acquired a hard lifestyle his white locks and scarred encounter testify to that. Or could it be relationship to Sylvia Lennox which has transformed him prematurely grey? Although beautiful and wealthy, she has the field in a big method. Lennox says he has the promise of a job in Las Vegas, about The Long Goodbye and Marlowe helps him out with the expense of the ticket. Fourteen days later on, he gets the money back, with an email from Lennox stating he is starting a second honeymoon vacation with Sylvia. However the honeymoon vacation turns sour, the dame eventually ends up dead and Lennox turns up on Marlowe’s doorstep in big trouble. He needs to get away in a hurry, and against his better judgement Marlowe agrees to consider him to Tijuana. Soon after, the cops arrive, and Marlowe discovers himself cooling his heels in the can, suspected of helping Sylvia’s killer escape. And that’s not really the finish of his complications, not by an extended shot…