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The Cocktail Waitress

Cain, James M. (James Mallahan), 1892-1977. Book - 2012 Mystery 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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A rerelease of a classic tale by the New Yorker journalist and author of The Postman Always Rings. 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.

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PUBLISHED
London : Titan Books, 2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 270 p. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781781160329
1781160325

SUBJECTS
Widows -- Fiction.
Cocktail servers -- Fiction.
Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction.