Grayle and his young attractive wife Helen, who explains that the necklace, valued at $100,000, was stolen from her at gunpoint. At Marlowe's insistence, Ann drives him to the Grayle estate, where he meets the elderly Mr. Seeing through the young woman's ruse, Marlowe forces her to admit that she is Ann Grayle, and that her stepmother, Helen, is the owner of the necklace. Marlowe then returns to his office, where he finds a woman reporter waiting to question him about a stolen jade necklace. Marlowe's story of his canyon escapade is greeted with disbelief by Randall, who warns him to stay away from Jules Amthor, a psychic advisor whom the police are investigating. After the woman runs away, Marlowe discovers Marriott's dead body in the back seat of the car. As Marlowe waits in the canyon for the jewel thieves, he is knocked unconscious and awakens to find a young woman standing over him.
Marriott hires the detective to accompany him to a secluded canyon while he delivers the ransom for some stolen jewels. Upon returning to his office, Marlowe finds pretty boy Lindsay Marriott waiting for him. Marlowe leaves the house, but watches from the window as the suddenly sober Jessie makes an urgent phone call.
Jessie then says that Velma is dead, and when Marlowe informs her that Moose is out of jail, she becomes hysterical. When no one at the club remembers Velma, Marlowe visits Jessie Florian, who took over the bar after her husband's death, but the drunken Jessie denies knowing Velma until Marlowe finds her photo hidden in a filing cabinet. Moose insists that Marlowe accompany him to Florian's, the nightclub where Velma worked.
In response to Randall's accusations, Marlowe relates the following story: Upon returning to his office late one evening, Marlowe is visited by the hulking Moose Malone, who asks him to find Velma Valento, the redhead he has not seen for the eight years he has been in prison. Dazed and blinded, private detective Philip Marlowe is interrogated by police lieutenant Randall about his involvement in several murders.
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