The Cocktail Waitress by James M. Cain

In The Cocktail Waitress our protagonist is Joan Medford, a beautiful young mother who recently became a widow after her abusive husband got into a deadly car accident.  She takes a job as a waitress in a seedy local cocktail lounge to make ends meet and to take care of her young son.   At the Rose Garden Lounge is where she meets two men that will change her life – a rich, old man, Earl K White III, and a good-looking charmer named Tom Barclay.  As Joan’s relationship evolves with these two men – danger and drama unfold.  As the reader, you will decide if Joan Medford is a femme fatale or an innocent bystander that’s always at the wrong place at the wrong time.

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