

Double Indemnity
Author: James Cain
Narrator: James Naughton
Unabridged: 3 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 05/31/2005
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-boiled, Suspense & Thriller, Crime
Author: James Cain
Narrator: James Naughton
Unabridged: 3 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 05/31/2005
Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Hard-boiled, Suspense & Thriller, Crime
One of the most celebrated and notorious crime writers of all time, JAMES M. CAIN launched his career with the publication of two back-to-back masterpieces—The Postman Always Rings Twice and Double Indemnity—selling millions of copies worldwide and inspiring classic movies. Cain continued with an unmatched run of noir novels including Mildred Pierce which inspired both the Academy Award-winning film starring Joan Crawford and the Emmy-winning HBO miniseries starring Kate Winslet. Cain died in 1977.
What is it with this James Cain? First, I tried reading The Postman Always Rings Twice to prepare for my civil service exam, but it was all about murder and didn’t have anything at all about postal regulations. Then I read Double Indemnity to try and become an insurance agent and once again, it’s no......more
Double as good! BOOK TO FILM I watched the film adaptation of Double Indemnity and I loved it! I think that the look of the actress Barbara Stanwyck is the very definition of a femme fatale. I am aware of other great examples like Rita Hayworth in Gilda, Lana Turner in The Postman always rings......more
The novel begins with first person narrator Walter Huff reflecting back on the sequence of events that started when he remembered a renewal over in Hollywoodland. We read: "That was how I came to this House of Death, that you've been reading about in the papers. It didn't look like a House of Death......more