The Cocktail Waitress

"The Cocktail Waitress will involve you, and then shock you with an ending you''ll never forget. This is a true rarity: a reader''s novel that''s also a literary event." - Stephen King
Following her husband''s death in a suspicious car accident, beautiful young widow Joan Medford is forced to take a job serving drinks in a cocktail lounge to make ends meet and to have a chance of regaining custody of her young son. At the job she encounters two men who take an interest in her, a handsome young schemer who makes her blood race and a wealthy but unwell older man who rewards her for her attentions with a $50,000 tip and an unconventional offer of marriage...