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This one gets a solid four stars. What a great read! Kinda short, but he makes every word count. Don't miss one! I really enjoyed this one. I'd like to read more classic mysteries like this one.
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AUTHOR Cain, James M.
TITLE Double Indemnity
DATE READ 07/20/19
RATING 5/A
FIRST SENTENCE I drove out to Glendale to put three new truck drivers on a brewery company bond, and then I remembered this renewal over in Hollywoodland.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Crime Fiction/1936/Random House/ 105 pgs
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CHALLENGE Good Reads 2019 Reading Goal 108/113;
GROUP READ Vintage
CHARACTERS Phyllis Nirlinger & Walter Huff
TIME/PLACE 1930's/Southern CA
COMMENTS This is a classic … read i ...more
TITLE Double Indemnity
DATE READ 07/20/19
RATING 5/A
FIRST SENTENCE I drove out to Glendale to put three new truck drivers on a brewery company bond, and then I remembered this renewal over in Hollywoodland.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Crime Fiction/1936/Random House/ 105 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2019 Reading Goal 108/113;
GROUP READ Vintage
CHARACTERS Phyllis Nirlinger & Walter Huff
TIME/PLACE 1930's/Southern CA
COMMENTS This is a classic … read i ...more
A hardboiled classic, and rightfully so - still has the punch to surprise so long after its first publication, which is more than you can say for a lot of modern writers.
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