Why does General Sternwood contact Phillip Marlowe?

What type of reception does Marlowe receive from the General's daughters?

How does Marlowe discover Carmen's relationship with Geiger?

What leads Marlowe to assume that Geiger's bookstore is a front?

How is Vivian involved in Carmen's problems?

Who are the two people who are missing before Marlowe begins his new job?

What is the relationship between Eddie Mars and the General's daughters?

Describe the changing relationship between Vivian and Marlowe.

What has actually happened to Shawn Regan?

How are Eddie's evil plots finally put to a stop?