The Lady in the LakeFirst edition fourth impression from 1945 in VG condition, there is a previous owner bookplate to ffep, no other internal markings, pages clean, binding firm. the jacket has some chipping and wear to extremities, now in removable protective sleeve. 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