The cocktail waitress

Following her husband's death in a suspicious car accident, beautiful young widow Joan Medford is forced to take a job serving drinks in a cocktail lounge to make ends meet and to have a chance of regaining custody of her young son. At the job she encounters two men who take an interest in her, a handsome young schemer who makes her blood race and a wealthy but unwell older man who rewards her for her attentions with a $50,000 tip and an unconventional offer of marriage. The final novel written by James M. Cain and never before published.

Year

2012

Language

English

Series

A hard case crime novel -- HCC-109

Publisher

Hard Case Crime/Titan Books

Editions

6

Pages

270

ISBN

9781781160329

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