James M. Cain Libros

MILDRED PIERCE is the story of a determined and ambitious woman who, after her feckless husband abandons her, builds a successful business through hard work and sacrifice in order to ensure the future of her pampered and selfish daughter. But she isn't prepared for the intrigues and devastating betrayals of those closest to her.

Frank Chambers sólo pretende un plato de comida cuando entra en la fonda de Papadakis, pero la atracción hacia Cora, la joven y sensual esposa del dueño, le obliga a quedarse. Un marido viejo resulta un estorbo para dos apasionados amantes sin escrúpulos. Este clásico de la novela de suspense fue llevado al cine en dos ocasiones y lo interpretaron Lana Turner y John Garfield, en 1946, y Jessica Lange y Jack Nicholson, en 1981.

Three of the best novels of James M Cain, all in one volume, stories that encompass suspense, human lust, greed, and self-absorption, they are The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity and Mildred Pierce.