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Double Indemnity by James M. Cain · Booklabria

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Double Indemnity

MysterySuspense

Double Indemnity

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First published: 1943
Editions: 31 in 4 languages

Synopsis

Walter Huff was an insurance salesman with an unfailing instinct for clients who might be in trouble, and his instinct led him to Phyllis Nirdlinger. Phyllis wanted to buy an accident policy on her husband. Then she wanted her husband to have an accident. Walter wanted Phyllis. To get her, he would arrange the perfect murder and betray everything he had ever lived for.

Subjects: Mystery
Suspense
Thrillers, Suspense
Mystery & Detective, Hard-Boiled
Murder
California
Set in: California

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31 in 4 languages

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English20 French4 Spanish3 German1

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