Hard Case Crime has announced that it has secured the rights to The Cocktail Waitress, the final and long-lost novel by hard boiled luminary James M. Cain, the scribe behind The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity. The novel tells the story of a woman whose first husband died suspiciously and who is now being pursued by two new suitors, each of whom has something she wants. Hard Case reports that the novel is "gritty, steamy and suspenseful" and "worthy of the legacy of this great author." Definitely sounds like one worth checking out once it hits the stores.
Already out is Getting Off, the first hardcover release by Hard Case, a Lawrence Block thriller about a woman methodically bumping off her ex boyfriends one by one. In the stores soon is The Consummata, an incomplete Mickey Spillane novel that has been finished by Max Allan Collins. Spillane gave Collins his blessing for the project before he passed away. Also on the way is The Comedy is Finished, an unpublished novel about the kidnapping of a TV comedy show host. Apparently, Westlake shelved the novel back in the 80s because of its similarities to the Martin Scorsese cult classic, The King of Comedy, but Hard Case reports that the novel is quite different from the Scorsese movie and worthy of Westlake's reputation. This is one I'm very curious to check out.
It's great to see Hard Case back in business again and I will review these and other new Hard Case releases once I am able to obtain them.
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