The Cocktail Waitress
Author | : James Cain |
Publisher | : Hard Case Crime |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-07-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 1781160341 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781781160343 |
Rating | : 4/5 (343 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Cocktail Waitress written by James Cain and published by Hard Case Crime. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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...