{"product_id":"the-cocktail-waitress-9781781160343","title":"The Cocktail Waitress","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Cocktail Waitress\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing 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...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames M Cain \u003c\/b\u003eachieved worldwide overnight fame when he published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Postman Always Rings Twice\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1934. The classics \u003ci\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMildred Pierce\u003c\/i\u003e followed, reinforcing Cain's reputation as the great chronicler of crimes of passion, typically set against a working-class backdrop during the Great Depression. His books have inspired many classic movies.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hard Case Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50362963296530,"sku":"9781781160343","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_625c8b87-e4c7-4829-bf71-6155c196d6ae.jpg?v=1728400555","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cocktail-waitress-9781781160343","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}