Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her real parents….

Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband’s collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled…

A woman reminisces about her teenage years in the 1920s, when she fell in love with her teacher.