"The Cocktail Waitress will involve you, and then shock you with an ending you'll never forget. This is a true rarity: a reader's novel that's also a literary event." - Stephen King
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...
| ISBN: | 9781781160343 |
| Publication date: | 22nd July 2013 |
| Author: | James M. Cain |
| Publisher: | Hard Case Crime an imprint of Titan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 283 pages |
| Series: | A Hard Case Crime Novel |
| Genres: |
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction Romance / Relationship Stories Crime and Mystery |