Synopses & Reviews
James M. Cain, author of the classic crime novels The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity and Mildred Pierce, pairs Jane Delevan and Ed Horner as new lovers in this sizzling divorce novel set in Reno. Cain's famous insurance investigator, Keyes, straight out of Double Indemnity, puts in a surprising appearance, seven years after solving the earlier murder. When Jane Delevan's estranged husband Tom shows up, with his first wife, Lady Sperry, in tow, who sets her sights on Ed Horner, Cain serves up a generous helping of Hollywood-ized sloppy behavior. This is Cain's only true "mystery" novel.
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"Nobody else has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does, not Hemingway, not even Raymond Chandler." Tom Wolfe
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"Cain can get down to...greed and sex in fewer words than any writer we know." New York Times