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The Cocktail Waitress (2012) by James M. Cain is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Cocktail Waitress (2012) about?
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 last, lost crime novel by one of the greatest noir novelists of all time, author of Mildred Pierce, Double Indemnity , and The Postman Always Rings Twice. N ow published for the very first time - including an afterword by editor Charles Ardai!
Who reads The Cocktail Waitress (2012)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- James M. Cain
- Publisher
- Titan Books, a division of Titan Publishing Group Ltd
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781781160350
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 3.55 / 5 (1,095 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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