American Noir Classics

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'