"A pampered playboy acquires an elegant townhouse complete with a dedicated man servant. But when the young man's fiancè becomes suspicious of the servant's intentions, he and his 'sister' thrust the household into a sinister game where seduction is corruption and power becomes the most shocking desire of all."--Container.

Philip Marlowe is hired by a retired general to find out who has been blackmailing his daughters. Marlowe's search leads him through the London underworld to Eddie Mars, gang boss and nightclub owner.