Also available from the Akashic Noir Series

LOS ANGELES NOIR
edited by Denise Hamilton
360 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95

*A Los Angeles Times best seller and winner of an Edgar Award.

Brand-new stories by: Michael Connelly, Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Patt Morrison, Emory Holmes II, Robert Ferrigno, Gary Phillips, Naomi Hirahara, Jim Pascoe, Héctor Tobar, Diana Wagman, and others.

“Akashic is making an argument about the universality of noir, it’s sort of flattering, really, and Los Angeles Noir, arriving at last, is a kaleidoscopic collection filled with the ethos of noir pioneers Raymond Chandler and James M. Cain.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review

BROOKLYN NOIR
edited by Tim McLoughlin
350 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95

*Winner of Shamus Award, Anthony Award, Robert L. Fish Memorial Award; finalist for Edgar Award, Pushcart Prize.

Brand-new stories by: Pete Hamill, Sidney Offit, Arthur Nersesian, Ellen Miller, Maggie Estep, Adam Mansbach, Nelson George, Chris Niles, Pearl Abraham, Norman Kelley, Nicole Blackman, and others.

“Brooklyn Noir is such a stunningly perfect combination that you can’t believe you haven’t read an anthology like this before. But trust me—you haven’t. Story after story is a revelation, filled with the requisite sense of place, but also the perfect twists that crime stories demand. The writing is flat-out superb, filled with lines that will sing in your head for a long time to come.”

—Laura Lippman, winner of the Edgar, Shamus and Agatha awards

INDIAN COUNTRY NOIR

edited by Sarah Cortez & Liz Martínez
288 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95

Brand-new stories by: Joseph Bruchac, Kimberly Roppolo, Jean Rae Baxter, David Cole, Lawrence Block, A.A. HedgeCoke, O’Neil De Noux, Mistina Bates, Melissa Yi, R. Narvaez, and others.

“In what comes as a pleasant surprise, most of the tales selected by [the] editors take place in a broader conception of America as Indian country—the entire northern continent, in fact …”

—La Bloga

BOSTON NOIR

edited by Dennis Lehane
240 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95

*Finalist for Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity awards.

Brand-new stories by: Dennis Lehane, Stewart O’Nan, Patricia Powell, John Dufresne, Lynne Heitman, Don Lee, Russ Aborn, J. Itabari Njeri, Jim Fusilli, Brendan DuBois, and Dana Cameron.

“In the best of the 11 stories in this outstanding entry in Akashic’s noir series, characters, plot and setting feed off each other like flames and an arsonist’s accelerant … [T]his anthology shows that noir can thrive where Raymond Chandler has never set foot.”

—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

CHICAGO NOIR

edited by Neal Pollack
260 pages, trade paperback original, $14.95

Brand-new stories by: Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski, Achy Obejas, Joe Meno, Amy Sayre-Roberts, Adam Langer, Peter Orner, Kevin Guilfoile, Bayo Ojikutu, Claire Zulkey, Andrew Ervin, Todd Dills, and others.

“Chicago Noir is a legitimate heir to the noble literary tradition of the greatest city in America. Nelson Algren and James Farrell would be proud.”—Stephen Elliott, author of The Adderall Diaries

LAS VEGAS NOIR

edited by Jarret Keene & Todd James Pierce
320 pages, trade paperback original, $15.95

Brand-new stories by: John O’Brien, David Corbett, Scott Phillips, Nora Pierce, Tod Goldberg, Bliss Esposito, Felicia Campbell, Pablo Medina, Lori Kozlowski, Preston L. Allen, Janet Berliner, and others.

“Just because mystery fans will be unfamiliar with many of the 16 contributors to Akashic’s latest entry in its acclaimed noir series doesn’t mean the quality isn’t up to volumes boasting bigger names … This anthology does a fine job of illuminating the dark underbelly of Sin City.” —Publishers Weekly

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