The Lady in the Lake

by Raymond Chandler · first published 1943

The Lady in the Lake is a 1943 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring the Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe. Notable for its removal of Marlowe from his usual Los Angeles environs for much of the book, the novel's complicated plot initially deals with the case of a missing woman in a small mountain town some 80 miles (130 km) from the city.

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Genre:

Detective fiction, Noir fiction

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 4.1 / 5 (14 on Open Library)

Year page:

1943