Double Indemnity

“I looked into the fire a while then. I ought to quit, while the quitting was good, I knew that. But that thing was in me, pushing me still closer to the edge.”

Double Indemnity was the first film noir I ever watched, ages ago, and it's just a great story. What I loved about this book right away is how the story jumps in without wasting time on scenery or backgrounds, saving all that for later.

The ending was one of the best things I've read—it felt like a dream. It was something else.