James M. Cain

Double Indemnity

Noir novel of an insurance salesman and seductress plotting murder for financial gain

About the author

James M. Cain
James M. Cain

James M. Cain was one of the founding fathers of hard-boiled American crime fiction, writing brutal, sexually-charged noir classics that were hugely influential on film noir. The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity are two of the most perfectly constructed crime novels ever written. His work was admired by Raymond Chandler and translated into French by Albert Camus.

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