description: Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem: his millionaire wife is dead and he needs to get out of LA fast. So he turns to his only friend in the world: Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator. He's willing to help a man down on his luck, but later, Lennox commits suicide in Mexico and things start to turn nasty. Marlowe finds himself drawn into a sordid crowd of adulterers and alcoholics in LA's Idle Valley, where the rich are suffering one big suntanned hangover. Marlowe is sure Lennox didn't kill his wife, but how many more stiffs will turn up before he gets to the truth?
language: English
title: The Long Good-Bye
titlecomplete: The Long Good-Bye
characters: Mendy Menendez, Dr. Verringer, Sewell Endicott, Dr. Amos Varley, Lonnie Morgan, Howard Spencer, Dr. Lester Vukanich, Terry Lennox, Mr. Grenz, Candy, Harlan Potter, Linda Loring, Chick Agostino, Roger Wade, Eileen Wade, Philip Marlowe, Detective Dayton, George Peters, Sergeant Green, Bernie Ohls, Captain Gregorius, Dr. Edward Loring
genres: Fiction, American, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Novels, Crime
ratings_count: 41263
places: California, Los Angeles, California
series: Philip Marlowe
awards: awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Penguin Books