Zlecenie anonimowego klienta prowadzi detektywa Philipa Marlowe'a do niewielkiego miasteczka w Kalifornii. Rudowłosa piękność, którą ma za zadanie śledzić, to Betty Mayfield, oskarżona w głośnym proc

'A city no worse than others, a city rich and vigorous and full of pride, a city lost and beaten and full of emptiness. It all depends on where you sit and what your own private score is. I didn't ha

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Pięć najsłynniejszych opowiadań Raymonda Chandlera. Na zbiór "Kłopoty to moja specjalność" składały się cztery opowiadania Chandlera, w których występuje Philip Marlowe. Jako ciekawostkę warto doda

He lay crumpled on his back. Very lonely, very dead. The safe door was wide open. A metal drawer was pulled out. It was empty now. There may have been money in it once.' Los Angeles PI Philip Mar

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