Los Angeles Noir

by Denise Hamilton (Editor)

Overview

Los Angeles Noir brings you tales of crime and passion and betrayal from some of the most innovative and celebrated writers working today.

—A Los Angeles Times best seller, Book Sense Notable Pick, and SCIBA Book Award Winner

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.

Brand-new stories by: Michael Connelly, Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Héctor Tobar, Patt Morrison, Emory Holmes II, Robert Ferrigno, Gary Phillips, Christopher Rice, Naomi Hirahara, Jim Pascoe, Neal Pollack, Scott Phillips, Diana Wagman, Lienna Silver, Brian Ascalon Roley, and Denise Hamilton.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933354224
Publisher:	Akashic Books, Ltd.
Publication date:	05/01/2007
Series:	Akashic Noir Series
Pages:	275
Sales rank:	1,007,811
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Edgar Award finalist DENISE HAMILTON is the author of seven crime novels and the editor of the best-selling anthology Los Angeles Noir (which includes the Edgar Award–winning short story “The Golden Gopher” by Susan Straight) and Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics. She is a former Los Angeles Times journalist, a Fulbright Scholar, a noir and sci-fi/fantasy geek, and a proud LA native who refuses to speak only in English. She is the editor of Speculative Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Police & Thieves

“Mulholland Dive” by Michael Connelly (Mulholland Drive)

“Number 19” by Naomi Hirahara (Koreatown)

“Dangerous Days” by Emory Holmes II (Leimert Park)

“Midnight in Silicon Alley” by Denise Hamilton (San Marino)

Part II: Hollywoodlandia

“The Method” by Janet Fitch (Los Feliz)

“Morocco Junction 90210” by Patt Morrison (Beverly Hills)

“Over Thirty” by Christopher Rice (West Hollywood)

“Once More, Lazarus” by Héctor Tobar (East Hollywood)

Part III: East of La Brea

“The Golden Gopher” by Susan Straight (Downtown LA)

“The Kidnapper Bell” by Jim Pascoe (Los Angeles River)

“City of Commerce” by Neal Pollack (Commerce)

“Fish” by Lienna Silver (Fairfax District)

“Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave” by Gary Phillips (Mid-City)

Part IV: The Gold Coast

“The Girl Who Kissed Barnaby Jones” by Scott Phillips (Pacific Palisades)

“Kinship” by Brian Ascalon Roley (Mar Vista)

“The Hour When the Ship Comes In” by Robert Ferrigno (Belmont Shore)

“What You See” by Diana Wagman (Westchester)

Editorial Reviews

Akashic's city-themed noir series (New Orleans Noir, etc.) finally reaches L.A., a prime locale for this subgenre. Of the 17 contributors, bestseller Michael Connelly is most likely to be familiar to a wide audience. Connelly's "Mulholland Drive," a nice tribute to the classic noir film Double Indemnity, is representative of the quality writing that followers of previous volumes have come to expect. The movie industry, both latter-day and the present, offers a rich background for tight tales of trapped men and women whose passions or desperate circumstances lead them to violent ends, such as the book's stand-out, Janet Fitch's "The Method." Another highpoint is the collection's concluding story, Diana Wagman's "What You See," a depressing but compelling tale of a tragic obsession. (May)

Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information

Publishers Weekly

Michael Connelly, Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, and others give voice to the birthplace of noir. Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.

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