Double Indemnity
- ISBN-10
- 1409132382
- ISBN-13
- 9781409132387
- Series
- Double Indemnity
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-09-09
- Publisher
- Hachette UK
- Author
- James M. Cain
Description
A true crime masterpiece, and highly acclaimed 1940s movie 'DOUBLE INDEMNITY is among the finest of all American novels, regardless of genre or style' LA TIMES 'Cain is the master' Tom Wolfe 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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