by Raymond Chandler · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401929649
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«La dama del lago» is the crime novel by Raymond Chandler, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (239 pages, in Spanish).
Philip Marlowe investigates the disappearance of two wives: one of a rich man and the other of a man with barely any resources. One of them may have divorced in Mexico and married a gigolo; the other is feared dead. The case, which starts as a routine assignment, becomes complicated with lies and secrets that Marlowe must unravel.
Fourth novel in the detective Philip Marlowe series; originally published as 'The Lady in the Lake' (1943), in a 1987 edition of the Gran Reno Policial collection.
For readers of classic noir fiction and for those who follow the investigations of detective Philip Marlowe.
Raymond Thornton Chandler was an American-British novelist and screenwriter. In 1932, at the age of forty-four, Chandler became a detective fiction writer after losing his job as an oil company executive during the Great Depression. His first short story, "Blackmailers Don't Shoot", was published in 1933 in Black Mask, a pulp magazine. His first novel, The Big Sleep, was published in 1939. In addition to his short stories, Chandler published seven novels during his lifetime. All but Playback have been made into motion pictures, some more than once.
