Synopsis:
Following her husband's death in an accident, beautiful young widow Joan Medford is forced to take a job serving drinks in a cocktail lounge to make ends meet. At the job she encounters two men who take an interest in her, a handsome young schemer and a wealthy but unwell older man who rewards her for her attentions with a $50,000 tip and an unconventional offer of marriage...
Review:
"...serves up ample delights." --Kirkus
"James M. Cain s the Cocktail Waitress does not disappoint." --The Telegraph
"One of my favorites for 2012...highly recommended for crime fiction lovers, and anyone who enjoys strong female leads." --Layers of Thought
"This is the kind of book that makes people want to read Hard Case Crime. It s perfect as an introduction to crime novels or as a refreshing new offering from an old favorite. Cain is truly one of the best and to be given this masterpiece 3 decades after his death is just remarkable." --DNM Magazine
"The Most Exciting Book Release This Fall." --Ask Men
"It s quite unique to be able to read books that were lost from the public for so long...When they are found and we finally get to read them it s almost a gift from a long gone writer who wanted to leave a memory for us to find at a later time." --P*ssed off Geek
"The straightforward and dialogue-heavy writing style in combination with suspenseful and steamy scenes helped me quickly read chapter after chapter." --Icon Vs Icon
"For fans of hard-boiled fiction, and particularly for James M. Cain aficionados, it s all here: the tough talk, earthy dames, shady fast-talkers, and a balancing act down the thin moral line with cold-hearted pragmatism on one side, outright greed and deception on the other, and temptation plucking at the wire." --Sound on Sight
"The Femme Fatale, the love triangle, the desperation it s all classic Cain...Hard Case Crime has discovered another winner from the vaults." --Crime Fiction Lover
"It is vintage Cain, harking back to his greatest and best known novels." --Lez Get Real
"It s always fun to have an unreliable narrator, but it s even better when you don t mind that they re pulling one over on you." --Top Hat Sasquatch
"Rapturously devious, as noir as noir can get." --The Review Broads
"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant, a tour de force of perfection in writing." --Books Monthly
"Darkly compelling." --Weekender review
"The ending is a true shocker, and while it's not Double Indemnity or The Postman Always Rings Twice, there's enough of the old magic there to make it well worth the read. --The Guardian
The book s eponymous narrator takes the concept of narrative unreliability to macabre heights, and the book has a piquantly creepy British twist. --The Evening Standard "Books of the Year"
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