She drew him into a hectic chase... Her sister disappeared along with her father's priceless jade figurine, and Sally MacArthur, an ardent fan of the literary detective Sam Spade, decides to hire a private detective to search for a relative and a missing rarity. Worn by life, the cynical James Diamond is well aware that only a madman could contact a woman whose story has more holes than Swiss cheese. But the sudden mutual attraction burns like boiling water, and Diamond, unexpectedly for himself, agrees to get down to business... Translation was carried out on the website Translation: NatalyNNEditing: codeburgerThe text of the book was translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence program. For the most part, the translation of the text is of very high quality, but in some cases, due to the imperfection of the technology, there may be incorrect phrase translations in the text, as well as single words and expressions may not be translated.