The remainder of the book's short stories (all of which are around 40 pages) are typical Chandler - the snappy dialogue, the quick violence and endings in which the law doesn't always win, but in which the bad guy always gets what coming to him.  My favorites are "The King in Yellow_"(if one can forgive the racial attitudes and termonology of 80 years ago) about the murder of a jazz musician and "Pearls Are a Nusiance" about a private investigator attemtping to recover some stolen jewelry.  None of the stories feature Philip Marlowe, although I believe (and I may be mistaken) that the detective in "Smart Alec Kill" - named Mallory - is the prototype for Marlowe.