Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

by James M. Cain (Author), James Lee Burke (Foreword), James M. Cain (Author)

Synopsis

A true crime masterpiece, and highly acclaimed 1940s movie DOUBLE INDEMNITY is the classic tale of an evil woman motivated by greed who corrupts a weak man motivated by lust. Walter Huff is an insurance investigator like any other until the day he meets the beautiful and dangerous Phyllis Nirdlinger and falls under her spell. Together they plot to kill her husband and split the insurance. It'll be the perfect murder ...

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More Information

Format: paperback
Publisher: Orion
Published:

ISBN 10: 0752864270
ISBN 13: 9780752864273
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Media Reviews
[A] fine idea for a series... They already have a superb noir backlist.. but adding Philip K Dick's Minority Report and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? improves the mix. * SCOTSMAN *
Author Bio
James M. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892. Having served in the US Army in World War 1, he became a journalist in Baltimore and New York in the 1920s. He later worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Cain died in 1977.