Trouble is my business

Description:

A private detective is hired to break up an unsuitable romance, find a missing dog, solve a murder, search for an ex-con's lost girlfriend, ransom a necklace, and investigate a wife's mysterious disappearance.

subjects: Private investigators,  Fiction,  American Detective and mystery stories,  Philip Marlowe (Fictitious character),  American Short stories,  American fiction,  Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled,  Marlowe, philip (fictitious character), fiction,  California, fiction,  Los angeles (calif.), fiction,  Private investigators, fiction

Places: Los Angeles (Calif.),  California,  Los Angeles