The Lady in the Lake, Raymond Chandler
The Lady in the Lake, Raymond Chandler
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The Lady in the Lake

Author: Raymond Chandler

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 7 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/16/2021


Synopsis

The renowned novel from crime fiction master Raymond Chandler, with the "quintessential urban private eye" (Los Angeles Times), Philip Marlowe • Featuring the iconic character that inspired the film Marlowe, starring Liam Neeson.

In The Lady in the Lake, 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.

About Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was an American author of detective fiction as well as the creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry

Looking down into the deep waters of the small lake there is movement a hand... the murky image is unclear, concealing a secret which gives this book its title, The Lady in the Lake, Marlowe watches, his stomach is... not joyful, however appearances can be deceiving. The brutish husband Bill Chess,......more

Goodreads review by David

I have decided to take a break from my usual obsession with history to take a deep plunge into several of the classic noir detective novels by Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain and Dashiell Hammett. A few of these will be re-reads. Why noir? America is evenly divided between two fanatical ideologies......more

Goodreads review by Paul

Raindrops on strippers and crisp apple gunshots Bright copper floozies and warm woolly whatnots, Muscular gentlemen tied up with strings These are a few of my favorite things Girls in bikinis with breathtaking lipstick Slayed belles on gurneys as fast talking dicks quip Silverwhite cocaine and fabulous b......more