The Lady in the Lake -- Raymond Chandler

<b>Crime fiction master Raymond Chandler's fourth novel featuring Philip Marlowe, the quintessential urban private eye (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>).</b> <p/>In <i>The Lady in the Lake</i>, hardboiled crime fiction master Raymond Chandler brings us the story of a couple of missing wives--one a rich man's and one a poor man's--who have become the objects of Philip Marlowe's investigation. One of them may have gotten a Mexican divorce and married a gigolo and the other may be dead. Marlowe's not sure he cares about either one, but he's not paid to care.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Raymond Chandler<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage Crime/Black Lizard<br><b>Published:</b> 08/12/1988<br><b>Pages:</b> 272<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.55lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.60d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780394758251<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Library Journal</i> 07/01/2002 pg. 128<br><i>Library Journal</i> 07/15/2002<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888 - 1959) was the master practitioner of American hard-boiled crime fiction. Although he was born in Chicago, Chandler spent most of his boyhood and youth in England where he attended Dulwich College and later worked as a freelance journalist for <i>The Westminster Gazette</i> and <i>The Spectator</i>. During World War I, Chandler served in France with the First Division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, transferring later to the Royal Flying Corps (R. A. F.). In 1919 he returned to the U