THE LADY IN THE LAKE
by Chandler, Raymond
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- A just about fine copy, some mild edge rubbing, upper rear corner bumped, unread. A sharp copy. (12083)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Derace Kingsley's wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it he denies everything and sends the private investigator packing with a flea lodged firmly in his ear. But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery, he's denying nothing – on account of the two bullet holes in his heart. Now Marlowe's on the trail of a killer, who leads him out of smoggy LA all the way to a murky mountain lake ...
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Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12083
- Title
- THE LADY IN THE LAKE
- Author
- Chandler, Raymond
- Book Condition
- Used - A just about fine copy, some mild edge rubbing, upper rear corner bumped, unread. A sharp copy. (12083)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First paperback edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Editions for the Armed Services, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- n.d. [1945]
- Keywords
- Mystery . Paperback . Film Source
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Octavo
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.