: James M Cain
: The Cocktail Waitress
: Hard Case Crime
: 9781781160350
: 1
: CHF 7.10
:
: Krimis, Thriller, Spionage
: English
: 272
: Wasserzeichen
: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet
: ePUB
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... Includes a 4,000 word feature on the locating of this 'lost' Cain novel, by Hard Case Crime editor, Charles Ardai