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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Playback is a 1958 detective novel by Raymond Chandler and featuring Philip Marlowe. It is the last Marlowe novel completed by Chandler before his death in 1959.Marlowe is hired to meet a train arriving from out-of-state and follow one of the passengers to find out where she will be staying. He has a bad feeling about the job from the start, particularly since the client refuses to say who the woman is or why the client is interested in her whereabouts. It's not long before things get complicated, but Marlowe sticks with it — maybe it's because he's still a sucker for a beautiful woman in trouble, maybe it's just because the only way he'll ever find out what the hell's going on will be if he digs up the answers himself.They say history repeats itself. Maybe this time things will work out better. There's always a first time.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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Driven to Suicide
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Driven to Suicide: The night shift garage attendant at the Casa del Poniente hotel commits suicide after being forced to help cover up the death of Larry Mitchell.
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Locked Room Mystery
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Locked Room Mystery: Larry Mitchell's body on a hotel balcony that he couldn't have climbed up to, and the occupant of the room is insistent that she never let him in that way. It turns out that he fell from the floor above.
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Follow That Car
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Follow That Car: While Marlowe is tailing Betty Mayfield, she gets in a taxi; Marlowe gets in another and asks the driver to follow. The driver is initially reluctant, but once Marlowe persuades him by showing his detective license (and the color of his money), he goes one better: since Betty's taxi belongs to the same taxi firm, he radios dispatch to find out where it's going and gets Marlowe there first, ready to pick up the tail when Betty arrives.
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Gold Digger
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Gold Digger: Larry Mitchell makes a living by hanging out in resort hotels and picking up rich girlfriends to sponge off.
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