A one-time editor at The New Yorker and a lifelong journalist, James Mallahan Cain achieved worldwide overnight fame when he published his first novel, THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, in 1934. The classics DOUBLE INDEMNITY and MILDRED PIERCE followed in 1936 and 1941, reinforcing Cain’s reputation as the great chronicler of crimes of passion, typically set against a working-class backdrop during the Great Depression. His books have inspired a number of classic movies, including Billy Wilder’s Academy Award-nominated adaptation of DOUBLE INDEMNITY, which was chosen by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 greatest movies of all time

Books by James M. Cain

The Cocktail Waitress

by James M. Cain - Hard-boiled Crime Fiction, Mystery, Noir

Lost since the author’s death in 1977, THE COCKTAIL WAITRESS is the last book by the legendary James. M. Cain. Written during his final years, it shows that he had lost none of the sheer pulp power that marked his earlier classic novels. An innocent young woman navigates her path through a perilous life. But is she so innocent?