The Postman Always Rings Twice. Intermediate

One should take life lightly. Traveling across the country, getting by with random earnings? No problem. Getting a job at a roadside diner and seducing the owner's wife? Done. Planning to get rid of the deceived husband and go for murder? Easy. Didn't work out? Well, let's try again.
This is roughly how the main character of the novel, drifter Frank Chambers, lives. For a while, he manages to come out unscathed, but on the second attempt, retribution catches up with the criminals. The postman always rings twice…
The text has been shortened and adapted. Level: Intermediate.