Books like Three Complete Novels: The Postman Always Rings Twice/Mildred Pierce/Double Indemnity

It took me almost seven years to read all three of these James M. Cain classics, reading The Postman Always Rings Twice in 2010, Double Indemnity in 2014 and Mildred Pierce in 2017. All are excellent and each it distinct from the others. If you have seen any of the movie versions of these books, do not think you know the stories. Summaries:The Postman Always Rings Twice is a steamy story of obsessive passion.Double Indemnity is classic noir, a story of greed with a dangerous fem fatale thrown in.Mildred Pierce is harder to pin down, It tells the story of a strong-willed divorcee who is determined to make it in an unfair world. Her personality makes it easy to think of the book as a noir version of the Scarlett O'Hara story. One can easily hear her vowing to "never go hungry again!"FYI: On a 5-point scale I assign stars based on my assessment of what the book needs in the way of improvements:• 5 Stars – Nothing at all. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.• 4 Stars – It could stand for a few tweaks here and there but it’s pretty good as it is.• 3 Stars – A solid C grade. Some serious rewriting would be needed in order for this book to be considered great or memorable.• 2 Stars – This book needs a lot of work. A good start would be to change the plot, the character development, the writing style and the ending. • 1 Star - The only thing that would improve this book is a good bonfire.