The Goodbye Coast

Private detective Philip Marlowe is reinvented by award-winning novelist Joe Ide in a present-day Los Angeles filled with scheming Malibu actresses, ruthless gang members, washed-out police, and virulent inequality. Marlowe must navigate his troubled relationship with his famous, alcoholic father while investigating two missing persons cases that may be connected to murder. Ide's vivid recreation of Chandler's iconic detective is ingeniously plotted, richly detailed, and surprisingly tender.