'She was a redhead. As sweet as anything else. We were just about to get married when they took me out of circulation.' Velma Valento, a nightclub singer in Los Angeles, makes even the toughest men weak. For example, Moose Malloy. But when Moose comes out of prison, Velma has disappeared. He searches for her - and he is already on the run himself. Beautiful women, tough men and lax law enforcement officers: "Farewell, my darling" is an explosive cocktail of love and crime. Biography (Raymond Chandler)