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Mavis Weld
Mavis Weld is recorded in 1 distinct story.
The dangerous client central to Umney’s previous case and Landry’s novel How Like a Fallen Angel. Landry explicitly says her name is borrowed from Chandler’s The Little Sister; this is the portrayal in Umney’s world.
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Umney’s Last Case
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The dangerous client central to Umney’s previous case and Landry’s novel How Like a Fallen Angel. Landry explicitly says her name is borrowed from Chandler’s The Little Sister; this is the portrayal in Umney’s world.
Chandler-derived name; distinct portrayal within Landry’s fictional Los Angeles
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Landry calls his use of Mavis Weld’s name an homage to Chandler, which does not prove she is the same character across authors’ fictional worlds.