She spent a whole evening with her, but couldn't remember any of her features - let alone describe her. They sat side by side at a bar, ate together, watched a show on Broadway, shared a taxi. The bartender, the waiter, the taxi dispatcher, the taxi driver - none of them remembered her. He is accused of strangling his wife, just as he was meeting the phantom woman. She is the only one who can confirm his version. But he is in prison and she is missing...

A classic detective novel with an exciting, cinematic plot by the author who has been described as the Edgar Allan Poe of the twentieth century and the father of modern "noir".