Double Indemnity

The very first novel by James Cain, “The Postman Always Rings Twice,” brought the author broad fame. A year later, the admirers of the American writer were reading “Double Indemnity,” Cain’s second book—again securing a solid place on the bestseller list. After the release of “Double Indemnity,” Ross Macdonald, a classic of the detective genre, remarked: “Cain crowned himself with immortal glory by creating two purely American masterpieces one after another.”