American Noir Classics

A collection of hardboiled crime fiction from the author of Double Indemnity, "e;one of the greats of American noir"e; (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. . . . "e;Dead Man"e; is just one of the outstanding stories in this collection by the author renowned for insightful and exciting crime stories. Hailed as a "e;poet of the tabloid murder"e; 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:"e;The Baby in the Icebox"e; "e;Pay-Off Girl"e; "e;Two o'Clock Blonde"e; "e;The Birthday Party"e; * "e;Brush Fire"e; "e;Coal Black"e; "e;Career in C Major"e; "e;Death on the Beach"e; "e;Dead Man"e; "e;The Girl in the Storm"e; "e;Joy Ride to Glory"e; "e;Pastorale"e; "e;Mommy's a Barfly"e; "e;The Taking of Montfaucon"e; "e;Cigarette Girl"e; "e;The Robbery"e; "e;Blackmail"e;