The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammet
The Book: This is a Nick and Nora Charles book. Nick a former P.I. and his wife Nora returned to NYC for Christmas from California. While visiting their old haunts, they run into the daughter of one of Nick's former clients, eccentric inventor Clyde Wynant. Dorothy (the daughter) reveals she and her mother, Clyde's ex-wife, are in town looking for Clyde and are worried because they cannot find him. Dorothy's mom, Mimi has remarried a handsome Swede, Carl Jorgenson. Nick explains to Dorothy that he's no longer an investigator, but he wishes her well, but Nora feels sorry for Dorothy. The next morning, the little tete-a-tete with Dorothy comes under examination from the police when Mimi discovers Clyde's secretary and sometimes lover, Julia Wolfe has been murdered. With Clyde as suspect number one, Carl Jorgenson's identity is actually that of Clyde's main rival, and Mimi lies about, well, everything, Nora encourages Nick to get involved. With a lot of drink
