About this title: Derace Kingsley, executive at a cosmetics company, "...can't stand scandal." But a month before he hired Marlowe, his wife went to Mexico for a divorce in order to marry a playboy named Lavery. However, the wife's car is discovered, abandoned, and Lavery doesn't know anything about the divorce scheme. Kinglsey hires Marlowe to find his wife and keep it all out of the papers. Set in an idyllic town, "The Lady in the Lake" explores the theme of an evil that escapes the cities and infects the countryside--an evil that is, in fact, an individual trait that we each carry with us. Once again, ...
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Description: Good. 0786201754 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Edition: 1st printing of this Ballantine mass market edition;
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ballantine
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780345022042ISBN:0345022041
Description: Tom Adams cover art. Good. No dust jacket as issued. First edition. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 1st-Complete and Unabridged
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pocket, N. Y.
Date Published: 1959
Description: Cover Art. Good. No Jacket. Vintage Paperback. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. Cover Price.35----#C344------The cover has light shelf wear with reading creases at the spine....Light yellowing to the pages.......We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by..... read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780345022042ISBN:0345022041
Description: Good. Unique art cover. Side edge crease and some aging. FREE delivery confirmation and mailed inside a plastic sleeve for extra shipping protection. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780394758251ISBN:0394758250
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Same ISBN, different cover art. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Reprint. 1st printing thus
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, Inc., New York
Date Published: 1959
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. some edge/corner wear, paper becoming brittle; initial on first free end page. 3p.., 1-202p.; 16.2 cm. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780394758251ISBN:0394758250
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 272 p. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 4th printing
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Pocket Books, New York
Date Published: 1947
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (112706) Mass Market Paperback is in Very Good+/Fine condition with light wear at spine corners. faint crease at very spine edge, slight puckering in cello overwrap on frocov. 236 p. 16 cm. Pocket Book Edition.. Pocket Books #389 read more
"This is one of the reasons Chandler is one of the Godfathers of the modern crime novel. Detective Marlowe is a fantastic character. Smart, clever, and with a quick tongue. The trouble it gets him in keeps me turning the pages.the plot twists make me lose sleep. I have to find out what happens in the next chapter, and then the next! It is also one of the reasons I love my local book store. I pick up a used copy for five bucks and I am totally engrossed until I finish the book. I cannot wait to see what I will find waiting for me tomorrow."
"This story is one of the crime classics from the first half of the 20th century, having been published originally in 1943. It still stands the test of time, and although I'd read it once before, this large-text type version was given to me to forward to my father, so I thought I'd go through it one more time before sending it on to him. So far, I haven't been sorry that I'm re-reading it."
"It took me a long time to finish this short book. It was predictable and tedious for me to read, for some reason, so I just kept putting it down. The only reason I kept picking it back up was because I had committed so much time on it, I refused to let it beat me! Maybe it was predictable because he was one of the first crime authors and so many since him have followed his pattern. In any case, I can't see myself reading another Chandler."
"This was my second Chandler novel and it was just as enjoyable as The Big Sleep.
I love following a character like Philip Marlowe. Reading one these books is just like watching a classic movie to me. Its an original, it was stories like this that was the template for future books.
The story itself was great, various different dames, high price investors, crooked cops it has it all. Chandler's writing style is very iconic and never gets tired.
I know that if I ever need a good mystery of any kind I can always go back to Mr. Chandler."
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