It's a mystery novel by Raymond Chandler! It's quite a compelling read. It's a book that sells for around 2000 yen even used on Amazon. A mystery novel that Philip Marlowe pursues. - Title: THE LADY IN THE LAKE - Author: Raymond Chandler - Synopsis: Derace Kingsley's wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it, he denies everything. Derace Kingsley's wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Chris Lavery. Or so the note she left her husband insisted. Trouble is, when Philip Marlowe asks Lavery about it he denies everything and sends the private investigator packing with a flea lodged firmly in his ear. But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery, he's denying nothing - on account of the two bullet holes in his heart. Now Marlowe's on the trail of a killer, who leads him out of smoggy LA all the way to a murky mountain lake ... - Cover Design: Illustrated cover - Genre: Mystery