Akashic Books noir series

This original anthology of noir fiction set in Maryland’s Charm City includes new stories by David Simon, Laura Lippman, Jim Fusilli, and more.

As fans of the HBO series The Wire have known for years, Baltimore is home to a rich and diverse underworld that is matched by an equally rich and diverse literary tradition. This is the city where Dashiell Hammett worked as a Pinkerton agent. It’s also where

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6) D.C. noir

Author:

Pelecanos, George P.

7) Dublin noir: the Celtic tiger vs the ugly American

Author:

Bruen, Ken

8) London noir

Author:

Unsworth, Cathi

9) Manhattan noir

Author:

Block, Lawrence

10) Miami noir

Author:

Standiford, Les

11) Bronx noir

Author:

Rozan, S.J

12) Detroit noir

Author:

Olsen, E.J.

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[2007]

280 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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Presents short stories about Detroit with noir and crime fiction by writers such as Joyce Carol Oates, Joe Boland, Peter Markus, and Lolita Hernandez.

13) Havana noir

Author:

Obejas, Achy, 1956-

14) Los Angeles noir

Author:

Hamilton, Denise, (Novelist)

15) New Orleans noir

Author:

Smith, Julie

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281 pages : map, portraits ; 21 cm.

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"Julie Smith and cohorts divulge the dark secrets of a city traumatized long before the storm. New Orleans is a Third World country in itself, a Latin, African, European (and often amoral) culture trapped in a puritan nation. It's everyone's seamy underside, the city where respectable citizens go to get drunk, puke in the gutter, dance on tabletops, and go home with strangers, all without guilt. It's the metropolitan equivalent of eating standing...

16) Wall Street noir

Author:

Spiegelman, Peter

17) Brooklyn noir 3: nothing but the truth

Author:

McLoughlin, Tim

18) D.C. noir 2: the classics

Author:

Pelecanos, George P.

19) Istanbul noir

Author:

Ziyalan, Mustafa

20) Las Vegas noir

Author:

Keene, Jarrett, 1973-

21) Manhattan noir 2: the classics

Author:

Block, Lawrence

22) Paris noir

Author:

Masson, Aurelien

23) Queens noir

Author:

Knightly, Robert

24) Toronto noir

Author:

Armin, Janine

25) Trinidad noir

Author:

Allen-Agostini, Lisa

26) Boston Noir (Akashic Noir)

Author:

Lehane, Dennis

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Dennis Lehane steps up to the plate as editor and presents a scintillating collection of deep, dark fiction.

"Dennis Lehane advises us not to judge the genre by its Hollywood images of sharp men in fedoras lighting cigarettes for femmes fatales standing in the dark alleys . . . [Lehane] writes persuasively of the gentrification that has . . . left people feeling crushed." —New York Times Crime Fiction

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27) Delhi noir

Author:

Sawhney, Hirsh

28) Phoenix noir

Author:

Millikin, Patrick

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[2009]

298 pages : map ; 21 cm

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Sixteen stories reveal the dark side of Arizona's capital, including tales from #1 New York Times –bestselling authors Lee Child and Diana Gabaldon. Even a desert metropolis has its share of cold-blooded criminals. Along with suburban sprawl, Phoenix is home to shady developers, police corruption, and organized crime. Being close to the country's southern border makes it a hot spot for trafficking humans, guns, and drugs. Though known as...

29) Portland noir

Author:

Sampsell, Kevin

30) Rome noir

Author:

Stangalino, Chiara

31) San Francisco noir 2: the classics

Author:

Maravelis, Peter

32) Seattle noir

Author:

Colbert, Curt, 1947-

33) Indian country noir

Author:

Cortez, Sarah

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279 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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Fourteen brutal and passionate stories by both Native American and non-Native writers, including New York Times –bestselling author Lawrence Block. Step into Indian Country—which comprises the entire North American continent, from the uppermost reaches of Canada to the island of Puerto Rico. Enter the dark welter of troubled history throughout the Americas, where the heritage of violence meets the ferocity of intent. An integral part...

34) Lone Star noir

Author:

Byrd, Bobby

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[2010]

276 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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An anthology of high-suspense, short noir mysteries is set in multicultural Texas regions and includes contributions by such established genre authors as James Crumbley, Joe R. Landsdale, and Claudia Smith.

35) Los Angeles noir 2

Author:

Hamilton, Denise, (Novelist)

36) Mexico City noir

Author:

Taibo, Paco Ignacio, 1949-

37) Moscow noir

Author:

Smirnova, Natalia

38) Orange County noir

Author:

Phillips, Gary, 1955-

39) Philadelphia noir

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[2010]

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265 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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A selection of dramatic noir tales set in the City of Brotherly Love includes original contributions by such genre favorites as Diane Ayre, Keith Gilman, and Dennis Tafoya.

40) Richmond noir

Author:

Blossom, Andrew

41) Barcelona noir

Author:

Lopez, Adriana V.

42) Cape Cod noir

Author:

Ulin, David L.

43) Copenhagen noir

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2011

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254 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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Presents a collection of crime and noir stories set in Copenhagen.

44) Haiti noir

Author:

Danticat, Edwidge

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[2011]

309 pages : map ; 22 cm.

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A collection of crime and noir stories set in Haiti.

45) New Jersey noir

Author:

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

46) Pittsburgh noir

Author:

George, Kathleen, 1943-

47) San Diego noir

Author:

Hart, Maryelizabeth

48) Boston noir 2: the classics

Author:

Lehane, Dennis

49) Kansas City noir

Author:

Paul, Steve

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218 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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"Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is comprised of all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. In Kansas City noir, naked ambition meets broken dreams, and blues and the night go together like rye whiskey, vermouth, and bitters."--Back cover.

50) Kingston noir

Author:

Channer, Colin

51) Long Island noir

Author:

Jones, Kaylie, 1960-

52) Mumbai noir

Author:

Tyrewala, Altaf

53) St. Petersburg noir

Author:

Smirnova, Natalia

54) Staten Island noir

Author:

Smith, Patricia

55) Venice noir

Author:

Jakubowski, Maxim

56) Dallas noir

Author:

Smith, David Hale

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[2013]

283 pages : map, portraits ; 21 cm.

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Presents an anthology of stories, each set in a distinct neighborhood of Dallas.

57) Twin Cities noir

Author:

Schaper, Julie

58) USA noir: best of the Akashic noir series

Author:

Temple, Johnny

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[2013]

518 pages : map, portraits ; 24 cm.

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Collects over thirty of the best entries in the Akashic noir series, including stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and T. Jefferson Parker.

59) Belfast noir

Author:

McKinty, Adrian

60) Haiti noir 2: the classics

Author:

Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-

61) Helsinki noir

Author:

Thompson, James

62) Prison noir

Author:

Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-

63) Singapore noir

Author:

Tan, Cheryl Lu-Lien

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2014

237 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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Singapore is revealed in all of its noir glory!

64) Tehran noir

Author:

Abdoh, Salar

65) Tel Aviv noir

Author:

Keret, Etgar

66) Beirut noir

Author:

Humaydan, Iman

67) Buffalo noir

Author:

Park, Ed., 1970-

68) Chicago noir: the classics

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[2015]

249 pages : map, portraits ; 22 cm.

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This anthology collects nearly a century of Chicago crime fiction.

69) Marseille noir

Author:

Fabre, Cedric

70) Memphis noir

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280 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm.

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Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book --

71) Providence noir

Author:

Hood, Ann, 1956-

72) Zagreb noir

Author:

Srsen, Ivan

73) Brussels Noir

Author:

Dufranne, Michel

74) Mississippi noir

Author:

Franklin, Tom

75) New Orleans noir: the classics

Author:

Smith, Julie

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[c2016]

309 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each volume comprises stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. This sequel to the original best-selling New Orleans Noir takes a literary tour through some of the darkest writing in New Orlean history.--

76) Rio noir

Author:

Bellotto, Tony

77) San Juan noir

Author:

Santos-Febres, Mayra, 1966-

78) St. Louis noir

Author:

Phillips, Scott

79) Stockholm noir

Author:

Larson, Nathan, 1970-

80) Atlanta Noir

Author:

Jones, Tayari

81) Buenos Aires noir

Author:

Mallo, Ernesto, 1948-

82) Montana noir

Author:

Grady, James

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[2017]

277 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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Grady and Graff, both Montana natives, masterfully curate this collection of hard-edged Western tales.

83) Montreal noir

Author:

McFetridge, John

84) New Haven noir

Author:

Bloom, Amy, 1953-

85) Oakland noir

Author:

Thompson, Jerry

86) Trinidad noir: the classics

Author:

Lovelace, Earl, 1935-

87) Baghdad noir

Author:

Shimon, Samuel, 1956-

88) Hong Kong noir

Author:

Ng, Jason Y.

89) Hong Kong noir

Author:

Ng, Jason Y.

90) Lagos noir

Author:

Abani, Christopher

91) Marrakech noir

Author:

Adnan, Yassin

92) Prague noir

Author:

Mandys, Pavel, 1972-

93) Santa Cruz noir

Author:

Bright, Susie, 1958-

94) Sao Paulo noir

Author:

Bellotto, Tony

95) Vancouver noir

Author:

Wiebe, Sam

96) Amsterdam noir

Author:

Appel, Rene

97) Berlin noir

Author:

Jones, Lucy Renner

98) Houston noir

Author:

Zepeda, Gwendolyn

99) Sydney noir

Author:

Dale, John, 1953-

100) Accra noir

Author:

Danquah, Nana-Ama

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[2020]

265 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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"Accra is the perfect setting for noir fiction. The telling of such tales--ones involving or suggesting death, with a protagonist who is flawed or devious, driven by either a self-serving motive or one of the seven deadly sins--is woven into the fabric of the city's everyday life... Accra is more than just a capital city. It is a microcosm of Ghana. It is a virtual map of the nation's soul, a complex geographical display of its indigenous presence,...

101) Addis Ababa noir

Author:

Mengiste, Maaza

102) Alabama noir

Author:

Noble, Don

103) Belgrade noir

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2020

264 pages : map ; 21 cm

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"Belgrade, with all of its historical complexity, joins Zagreb and Prague in representing the Eastern European dimension of the Akashic Noir Series. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city."--Provided by publisher.

104) Berkeley noir

Author:

Thompson, Jerry

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242 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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"A town named after a British philosopher doesn't exactly evoke visions of Goodis or Highsmith. Grifters? Dames? Cops? In Berkeley? On the surface the alleys don't seem that dark, until we look a little closer. Possibly the most iconic visual image of Berkeley does involve cops. It's the film with Mario Savio, atop a police car with a megaphone, declaring, There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart,...

105) Columbus noir

Author:

Welsh-Huggins, Andrew

106) Miami noir: the classics

Author:

Standiford, Les

107) Nairobi noir

Author:

Kimani, Peter, 1971-

108) Santa Fe noir

Author:

Gore, Ariel

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2020

258 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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Seventeen storytellers take readers on a dark tour of the arty New Mexican city in this collection of crime tales. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir . Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. With stories by: Ana Castillo, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Byron F. Aspaas, Barbara Robidoux, Elizabeth Lee,...

109) Tampa Bay noir

Author:

Bancroft, Colette M., 1952-

110) Palm Springs noir

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[2021]

293 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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" The best noir writers make us feel the heat of the sun, the touch of a lover. Setting can be gritty but can also be sublime, no longer relegated to urban locales and seedy hotel rooms but also mansions and swimming pools. Hence, Palm Springs, which may seem like an odd setting for a collection of dark short stories--it's so sunny and bright here. The quality of light is unlike anywhere else, and with an average of three hundred sunny days a year,...

111) Paris noir: the suburbs

Author:

Delouche, Herve

112) South Central noir

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[2022]

275 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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"Within these pages you'll find stories of those walking the straight and narrow; until something untoward happens. Maybe it's someone taking a step out of line, getting caught up in circumstances spiraling out of their control. Maybe they're planning the grift, the grab ... whatever it is to finally put them over. Other times the steps they take are to get themselves or people they care about out from under. You'll find the offerings in these pages...

113) Austin noir

Author:

Hay, Hopeton

114) Cleveland noir

Author:

Headen, Miesha Wilson

115) East Jerusalem noir

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[2023]

193 pages : maps ; 21 cm.

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In East Jerusalem Noir--published simultaneously with West Jerusalem Noir--the Akashic Noir Series turns its gaze to one of the world's most fascinating locales, in this volume from the perspective of Palestinian writers; translated from Arabic. When you move through the streets of Jerusalem today, you will notice that history surrounds you from all sides. You hear Adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, recited by the muezzin from the Dome of the Rock;...

116) West Jerusalem noir

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232 pages : map ; 21 cm.

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