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    Jealous Woman

    By James M. Cain

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    A salesman, a would-be divorcée, and an insurance policy turn toxic in Reno.

    Vegas is a city of lovers, but in Reno, the business is divorce. Six weeks in Reno can erase the darkest marriages, and the only question is how to pass the time -- craps or roulette? Jane Delavan is a roulette woman, a stately beauty from back East who's too classy for the motel where she's shacked up. She's come for a divorce, but her husband has other ideas. He wants an annulment, and in exchange offers to take out a $100,000 insurance policy on himself -- just in case something happens to him before their paperwork goes through. Jane is cunning enough to make sure that, if she wants something to happen, it will.

    Ed Horner is the insurance agent sent to settle the agreement, and it doesn't take long for Jane to settle him. They fall in love over twenty-five-cent roulette, and soon get a bigger score in mind. In the Biggest Little City in the World, a king-size scheme is brewing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHead of Zeus
    Release dateJun 1, 2014
    ISBN9781784083519
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    James M. Cain

    James M. Cain (1892–1977) was one of the most important authors in the history of crime fiction. Born in Maryland, he became a journalist after giving up on a childhood dream of singing opera. After two decades writing for newspapers in Baltimore, New York, and the army—and a brief stint as the managing editor of the New Yorker—Cain moved to Hollywood in the early 1930s. While writing for the movies, he turned to fiction, penning the novella The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934). This tightly wound tale of passion, murder, and greed became one of the most controversial bestsellers of its day, and remains one of the foremost examples of American noir writing. It set the tone for Cain’s next few novels, including Serenade (1937), Mildred Pierce (1941), Double Indemnity (1943), and The Butterfly (1947). Several of his books became equally successful noir films, particularly the classic 1940s adaptations of Mildred Pierce and Double Indemnity. Cain moved back to Maryland in 1948. Though he wrote prolifically until his death, Cain remains most famous for his early work.     

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      Jealous Woman by James M. Cain is another hard-boiled mystery that involves insurance fraud. Even though the character Robert Keyes from Double Indemnity is one of the main characters in this book, it still comes nowhere near recapturing the magic of that story. This book suffered from a convoluted, bulky plot that had far too many holes for the reader to bridge.In the days before no-fault divorce, Reno, Nevada became the divorce capitol of America. Jane Delavan has come to fulfill her 6 week residency but it turns out her husband has another idea. He wants to go for an annulment and instead of alimony he wants to take out a $100,000.00 life insurance annuity. Ed Horner is the life insurance agent who arrives to settle the deal, but before too long Ed and Jane are involved. Other people who have an interest in this annulment also arrive in Reno, this includes Jane first husband and his current wife, and Robert Keyes who smells a rat.What follows is an intensely confusing whodunit with too many characters for this short book to sustain. Overall, Jealous Woman is a weak rehash of his masterpiece Double Indemnity and I would recommend that readers skip this book in favour of the brilliant original.