Hello everyone,
Yesterday I stopped by an antique fair and flea market near
Port Franks, Ontario, and, among other things picked up a
collection of shorter works by Raymond Chandler called
"Killer in the Rain" (this copy is a Ballantine Mystery
publication from 1977). The stories in this collection
include, for example, "The Man Who Liked Dogs", "Try the
Girl" and "Mandarin's Jade".
Also in this volume is "Lady in the Lake". I recently read
the 1971 Ballantine edition of "Lady in the Lake" and it is
almost 170 pages longer than "Lady in the Lake" in the
"Killer in the Rain" volume. My question is this: what is the
relationship between these two stories? Is the stand alone
version a much expanded version of the one in the edited
volume (which in turn derives from the original 1937/1938
Dime Detective Magazine stories), or is there more a back
story to all of this?
Thanks in advance!
Dr. Harry Lerner
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