The Lady in the Lake

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The Lady in the Lake

Cover of the first edition
Author	Raymond Chandler
Cover artist	Norman Reeves
Language	English
Series	Philip Marlowe
Genre	Detective, Crime, Novel
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date	1943
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback)
Pages	216 pp
Preceded by	The High Window
Followed by	The Little Sister

The Lady in the Lake is a 1943 detective novel by Raymond Chandler featuring the Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe. Notable for its removal of Marlowe from his usual Los Angeles environs for much of the book, the novel's complicated plot initially deals with the case of a missing woman in a small mountain town some 80 miles (130 km) from the city. The book was written shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and makes several references to America's recent involvement in World War II.