Double Indemnity

By (author): "James M. Cain"
Publish Date: 1936
Double Indemnity
ISBN0752864270
ISBN139780752864273
AsinDouble Indemnity
CharactersWalter Huff, Phyllis Nirdlinger, Barton Keyes
Original titleDouble Indemnity
DOUBLE INDEMNITY is the classic tale of an evil woman motivated by greed who corrupts a weak man motivated by lust. Walter Huff is an insurance investigator like any other until the day he meets the beautiful and dangerous Phyllis Nirdlinger and falls under her spell. Together they plot to kill her husband and split the insurance. It'll be the perfect murder ... THE AUTHOR James M. Cain was born in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1892. Having served in the US Army in World War 1, he became a journalist in Baltimore and New York in the 1920's. He later worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Cain died in 1977