by JAMES M. CAIN
The day Joan Medford buried her first husband, her fate was sealed. For on that day she met two new men: the handsome schemer whose touch she'd grow to crave and the wealthy older man whose touch repelled her--but whose money was an irresistible temptation...
This never-before-published novel by one of crime fiction's most acclaimed authors will remind you why Cain is considered, together with Hammett and Chandler, one of the true giants of the genre.
PRAISE FOR 'THE COCKTAIL WAITRESS': "Here, long after anyone would have expected it, is the voice of James M. Cain, as fresh and as relevant as ever. 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
"How considerate of the postman to ring a third time, delivering Cain's final gift to us thirty-five years after his death."
-- Lawrence Block
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From the Author the New York Times Calls
"THE SUPREME MASTER OF SUSPENSE"
FRIGHT
by CORNELL WOOLRICH
AUTHOR OF 'REAR WINDOW'
A man. A woman. A kiss in the dark. That is how it begins. But before his nightmare ends, Prescott Marshall will learn that kisses and darkness can both hide evil intent--and that the worst darkness of all may be lurking inside him.
RAVES FOR CORNELL WOOLRICH: "You can palpably feel the agony in Woolrich and his work."
-- James Ellroy
"One of the great masters."
-- Ellery Queen
"The Poe of the twentieth century."
-- Francis M. Nevins
"One of the giants of mystery fiction... one of my earliest writing heroes."
-- Harlan Ellison
"It is high time Woolrich was rediscovered."
-- Los Angeles Times
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by CHARLES ARDAI
EDGAR AND SHAMUS AWARD WINNER
When a crooked publisher of crime novels teams up with an ambitious showgirl to tell the story of a heist at a Mob-run nightclub, they learn that reading and writing pulp fiction is a lot more fun than living it...
Fade to Blonde
by MAX PHILLIPS
SHAMUS AWARD-WINNING NOVEL
Ray Corson came to Hollywood to be a screenwriter, not hired muscle. But when a beautiful girl with a purse full of cash asks for your help, how can you say no?
The Twenty-Year Death
by ARIEL S. WINTER
"EXTRAORDINARY" --NEW YORK TIMES
A masterful first novel made up of three complete novels, written in the style of three giants of the mystery genre. Stephen King says it's "bold, innovative, and thrilling...crackles with suspense and will keep you up late."
The Cutie
by DONALD E. WESTLAKE
EDGAR AWARD-NOMINATED FIRST NOVEL
Mavis St. Paul had been a rich man's mistress. Now she was a corpse. My job? Find the cutie who had set one of our own up to take the fall.
by DONALD E. WESTLAKE
A STUNNING NOVEL OF REVENGE
The men in the tan-and-cream Chrysler came with guns blazing. When Ray Kelly awoke in the hospital, he'd lost a month, an eye, and his father. Then things started to get bad...
Memory
by DONALD E. WESTLAKE
THE MWA GRANDMASTER'S GREAT LOST NOVEL
After a liaison with another man's wife ends in violence, Paul Cole has just one goal: rebuild his shattered life. But with his memory damaged, the police hounding him, and no way even to get home, Paul's facing steep odds--and a bleak fate if he fails.
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