The Cocktail Waitress

by James M. Cain

Genres: Mystery; Hard-Boiled; Romance

Synopsis

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...

Release date: September 18, 2012

Publisher: Hard Case Crime

Print pages: 272