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  • Audiobook

    A Husband Never Lies

    by James Caine ...
    Narrated by Marnye Young ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 30 min

    The words on the mysterious letter were simple.Read Me, Now.Josie thought she had married the perfect man. But as their love grows cold, she can't shake the feeling that he's hiding something‒or someone.Then the first letter arrives at her door. It demands that she read it immediately.He's lying to you.Josie investigates on her own, haunted by two questions:Was her marriage a lie?Or is someone ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Noir Classics

    by James M. Cain ...
    A collection of hardboiled crime fiction from the author of Double Indemnity, "one of the greats of American noir" ( The Guardian).They call him Lucky—but he's never had a lucky day in his life. A nineteen-year-old hobo just starting to ride the rails, he is hiding in the coal car when the railroad detective comes through. They get into a scuffle, and Lucky's hand finds a railroad spike. . . . ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Institute

    by James M. Cain ...
    An academic looking for money finds a seductive woman—and trouble—in this suspenseful tale by the Edgar Award–winning crime writer.Professor Lloyd Palmer loves a good biography. His fantasy is to start an institute to teach young scholars the biographical arts, and it will take old money to make his dreams come true. In the Washington area, the oldest money is found not in the District, but in ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Moth

    by James M. Cain ...
    A novel of a privileged young man's twisting, troubled journey through Depression-era America: "A great book by a great author." — Los Angeles Daily NewsJack Dillon has been a golden child since birth. Blessed with blond locks, glittering eyes, and a perfect voice, he is the most popular child singer in Baltimore. But when puberty robs him of his voice and the stock market wipes out his family ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cloud Nine

    by James M. Cain ...
    A twisted tale of heinous crimes and hidden motives by the legendary author of Double Indemnity.Graham meets Sonya outside of his real estate office. She is sixteen, beautiful, and drops a bombshell—she's there because Graham's half-brother, Burl, raped her, leaving her frightened, pregnant, and very much alone.All she wants is the $1,111 it will cost to hide out for the next few months in a ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Root of his Evil

    by James M. Cain ...
    From the author of Double Indemnity, a tale of an ambitious young waitress whose fairy-tale romance may have an unhappy ending . . .Carrie Selden is not at all like the woman you've read about in the papers. Though she spent time in an orphanage, she isn't an orphan. She didn't finish high school until she was nineteen, not because she struggled to make the grade but because she was waitressing ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Galatea

    by James M. Cain ...
    A down-on-his-luck boxing trainer finds a woman worth fighting for in this "assured" novel by an MWA Grand Master Award winner ( Kirkus Reviews).It took some doing, but Duke Webster is out of prison. Val Valenty arranged the parole, and now the onetime prizefighter and boxing coach is his puppet, breaking his back on Valenty's farm in exchange for a pittance. But Valenty is about to find out that ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Enchanted Isle

    by James M. Cain ...
    While searching for her real father, a runaway stumbles into a deadly mess in this gritty noir novel by the author of The Postman Always Rings Twice.With just seventy-four bucks in her pocket, Mandy packs her things and buys the bus ticket that will get her away from the stepfather who's been abusing her for years—and the mother who lets it happen. She plans to head to Baltimore and find her ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Postman Always Rings Twice

    by James M. Cain ...
    The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain. The novel was successful and notorious upon publication. It is regarded as one of the more important crime novels of the 20th century. The novel's mix of sexuality and violence was startling in its time and caused it to be banned in Boston. ... Read more

    $1.70 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jealous Woman

    by James M. Cain ...
    An ambitious Reno salesman. A wealthy would-be divorcée. An insurance policy. It's a toxic combination in this noir thriller by an MWA Grand Master . . .If Las Vegas is a city of lovers, in Reno, the business is divorce. Six weeks in Reno can erase the darkest marriages, and the only question is how to pass the time—craps or roulette? Jane Delavan is a roulette woman, a stately beauty from back ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Cocktail Waitress

    by James M. Cain ...
    Discover the lost crime novel by the noir legend behind Mildred Pierce, Double Indemnity, and The Postman Always Rings Twice—now published here for the first time!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 ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • The Postman Always Rings Twice

    by James M. Cain ...
    The bestselling sensation—and one of the most outstanding crime novels of the 20th century—that was banned in Boston for its explosive mixture of violence and eroticism, and acknowledged by Albert Camus as the model for The Stranger. The basis for the acclaimed 1946 film.An amoral young tramp. A beautiful, sullen woman with an inconvenient husband. A problem that has only one grisly solution—a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD