Monday, September 19, 2011

From Hardcase Crime

DATELINE; NEW YORK

After more than 9 years of detective work and negotiation, we’ve tracked down a lost novel by James M. Cain, the author of the noir classics MILDRED PIERCE, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, and THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, and secured the rights for Hard Case Crime to publish the book. The book is titled THE COCKTAIL WAITRESS and it has never been published before in any form. We’ll be bringing it out in Fall 2012.

THE COCKTAIL WAITRESS is the story of beautiful young widow Joan Medford, whose husband died under suspicious circumstances. Desperate to make ends meet after his death, Joan takes a job as a waitress in a cocktail lounge, where two new men enter her life: a handsome young schemer she falls for and a rich but unwell older man she marries.


Darn, this is exciting news. How nice it is to have HCC out there locating such gems and making them available to us for such a pittance.

6 comments:

Cullen Gallagher said...

Charles Ardai is like a harboiled guardian angel.

pattinase (abbott) said...

He sure is.

Charles Gramlich said...

Wow, how cool is that?

Chris Rhatigan said...

Rad!

Anonymous said...

I had a copy of a very late Cain novel, The Enchanted Isle, which had remained unpublished until 1985. It was a nice copy, a First Edition, but the book was pretty awful. So, unfortunately, I don't hold much hope out for this one to be any better. Sorry to be the wet blanket.

Mike Dennis said...

Thrilling news, Patti. I can't wait for it to come out.