Lost James M Cain novel to be published

A lost novel by James M Cain, author of Mildred Pierce and The Postman Always Rings Twice, has been re-discovered and will be published in autumn 2012. The Cocktail Waitress, about a young widow whose husband dies under suspicious circumstances, was the last book written by Cain, who died in 1977. Publisher Hard Case Crime said it took nine years to track down the manuscript and arrange publishing rights. For fans of the genre, The Cocktail Waitress "is the holy grail", it said