James M Cain
Author Study
Author Study
 James Cain was an influential author that mostly wrote crime novels and left big shoes to fill for present and future authors. This is where we will learn about his life and dive deep into his works.
Novels and novellas
Serenade (1937)
Two Can Sing (1938)
Mildred Pierce (1941)
Love's Lovely Counterfeit (1942)
Three of a Kind (1943) contained three novellas - Career in C Major; Double Indemnity (first published in Liberty magazine, 1936); The Embezzler (first published as Money and the Woman, in Liberty magazine, 1938)
Past All Dishonor (1946)
The Butterfly (1947)
The Moth (1948)
Sinful Woman (1947)
Jealous Woman (1950)
The Root of His Evil (1951), also published as Shameless
Galatea (1953)
Mignon (1962)
The Magician's Wife (1965)
Cain X 3 (1969)
Rainbow's End (1975)
The Institute (1976)
Cloud Nine (1984)
The Enchanted Isle (1985)
The Cocktail Waitress (edited by Charles Ardai, 2012)