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. . . ."Dead Man" is just one of the outstanding stories in this collection by the author renowned for insightful and exciting crime stories. Hailed as a "poet of the tabloid murder" by legendary critic Edmund Wilson and a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, James M. Cain, understood fear in all its forms-and knew better than anyone the terror of a killer on the run. This volume includes:"The Baby in the Icebox" * "Pay-Off Girl" * "Two o’Clock Blonde" * "The Birthday Party" * "Brush Fire" * "Coal Black" * "Career in C Major" * "Death on the Beach" * "Dead Man" * "The Girl in the Storm" * "Joy Ride to Glory" * "Pastorale" * "Mommy’s a Barfly" * "The Taking of Montfaucon" * "Cigarette Girl" * "The Robbery" * "Blackmail"
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