The Embezzler
James M. Cain
- A
- bank
- employee’s
- wife
- teams
- up
- with
- his
- boss—with
- fatal
- results—in
- this
- noir
- novella
- by
- the
- legendary
- author
- of
- The
- Postman
- Always
- Rings
- Twice.Despite
- an
- ulcer
- that
- requires
- surgery,
- workaholic
- Charles
- Brent
- doesn’t
- want
- to
- take
- time
- off
- from
- his
- job
- as
- a
- head
- teller
- at
- the
- bank.
- What
- eventually
- convinces
- him
- to
- give
- in
- and
- take
- a
- break
- is
- the
- prospect
- of
- his
- young
- wife,
- Sheila,
- temporarily
- taking
- over
- his
- responsibilities.
- Then,
- in
- Charles’s
- absence,
- his
- wife
- and
- his
- boss
- discover
- the
- embezzlement
- he’s
- been
- hiding—and
- the
- reason
- behind
- it.
- But
- instead
- of
- reporting
- Charles,
- the
- two
- form
- a
- pact
- .
- .
- .Originally
- published
- under
- the
- title
- Money
- and
- the
- Woman,
- The
- Embezzler
- is
- a
- standout
- novella
- from
- James
- M.
- Cain,
- celebrated
- crime
- writer
- and
- master
- of
- the
- noir
- thriller.“James
- M.
- Cain
- is
- one
- novelist
- who
- has
- something
- to
- teach
- just
- about
- any
- writer,
- and
- delight
- just
- about
- any
- reader.”
- —Anne
- Rice,
- #1
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- author
- of
- Interview
- with
- a
- Vampire“One
- of
- the
- greats
- of
- American
- noir.”
- —The Guardian
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