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Akashic Noir Series

This page lists the series of crime fiction anthologies published by Akashic Books in their regional Noir series.

 

Akashic Noir Series

Brooklyn Noir

Editor: Tim McLoughlin

Akashic Books

2004

The contents are:

  • The Book Signing (Pete Hamill)
  • Hasidic Noir (Pearl Abraham)
  • No Time For Senior's (Sidney Offit)
  • When All This Was Bay Ridge (Tim Mcloughin)
  • Practicing (Ellen Miller)
  • Crown Heist (Adam Mansbach)
  • Hunter/Trapper (Arthur Nersesian)
  • New Lots Avenue (Nelson George)
  • Scavenger Hunt (Neal Pollack)
  • The Code (Norman Kelley)
  • Can't Catch Me (Thomas Morrissey)
  • Case Closed (Lou Manfredo)
  • Eating Italian (Luciano Guerriero)
  • Thursday (Kenji Jasper)
  • One More For The Road (Robert Knightly)
  • Triple Harrison (Maggie Estep)
  • Fade To ... Brooklyn (Ken Bruen)
  • Dumped (Nicole Blackman)
  • Slipping Into Darkness (C.J. Sullivan)
  • Ladies' Man (Chris Niles)
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Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics

Editor: Tim McLoughlin

Akashic Books

2005

The contents are:

  • The Horror at Red Hook (H.P. Lovecraft)
  • Only the Dead Know Brooklyn (Thomas Wolfe)
  • Borough of Cemeteries (Irwin Shaw)
  • Tugboat Syndrome (Jonathan Lethem)
  • The All-Night Bodega of Souls (Colson Whitehead)
  • The Only Good Judge (Carolyn Wheat)
  • Luck Be a Lady (Maggie Estep)
  • By the Dawn’s Early Light (Lawrence Block)
  • The Best-Friend Murder (Donald E. Westlake)
  • The Men in Black Raincoats (Pete Hamill)
  • The Day of the Bullet (Stanley Ellin)
  • Tralala (Hugert Selby, Jr.)
  • The Boys of Bensonhurst (Salvatore La Puma)
  • Steelwork (Gilbert Sorrentino)
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Chicago Noir

Editor: Neal Pollack

Akashic Books

2005

The contents are:

  • Goodnight Chicago and Amen (Luciano Guerriero)
  • The Gospel of Moral Ends (Bayo Ojikutu)
  • Dear Mr. Kleczka (Peter Orner)
  • The Near Remote (Jeffery Renard Allen)
  • Destiny Returns (Achy Obejas)
  • The Great Billik (Claire Zulkey)
  • Maximillian (Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski)
  • All Happy Families (Andrew Ervin)
  • Monkey Head (M.K. Meyers)
  • Zero Zero Day (Kevin Guilfoile)
  • Arcadia (Todd Dills)
  • Alex Pinto Hears the Bell (C.J. Sullivan)
  • Pure Products (Daniel Buckman)
  • Death Mouth (Amy Sayre-Roberts)
  • Like a Rocket with a Beat (Joe Meno)
  • Marty’s Drink or Die Club (Neal Pollack)
  • Bobby Kagan Knows Everything (Adam Langer)
  • The Oldest Rivalry (Jim Arndorfer)
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San Francisco Noir

Editor: Peter Maravelis

Akashic Books

2005

The contents are:

  • The Prison (Domenic Stansberry)
  • It Can Happen (David Corbett)
  • Double Espresso (Sin Soracco)
  • After Hours at La Chinita (Barry Gifford)
  • The Neutral Zone (Kate Braverman)
  • Le Rouge et le Noir (Alvin Lu)
  • Larry’s Place (Michelle Tea)
  • The Other Barrio (Alejandro Murguía)
  • From Genesis to Revelation (Peter Plate)
  • Deception of the Thrush (Will Christopher Baer)
  • Weight Less Than Shadow (Jim Nisbet)
  • Fixed (Jon Longhi)
  • Briley Boy (Robert Mailer Anderson)
  • Kid’s Last Fight (Eddie Muller)
  • Confessions of a Sex Maniac (David Henry Sterry)
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DC Noir

Editor: George Pelecanos

Akashic Books

2006

The contents are:

  • The Confidential Informant (George Pelecanos)
  • First (Kenji Jasper)
  • Capital of the World (Jim Patton)
  • The Names of the Lost (Richard Currey)
  • East of the Sun (Jennifer Howard)
  • Solomon’s Alley (Robert Andrews)
  • The Light and the Dark (Robert Wisdom)
  • A.R.M. and the Woman (Laura Lippman)
  • Cold as Ice (Quintin Peterson)
  • God Don’t Like Ugly (Lester Irby)
  • Coyote Hunt (Ruben Castaneda)
  • Jeanette (Jim Beane)
  • The Bottom Line (James Grady)
  • Stiffed (David Slater)
  • The Messanger of Soulsville (Norman Kelley)
  • The Dupe (Jim Fusilli)
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Baltimore Noir

Editor: Laura Lippman

Akashic Books

2006

The contents are:

  • Easy As A-B-C (Laura Lippman)
  • Fat Chance (Robert Ward)
  • Pigtown Will Shine Tonight (Jack Bludis)
  • Over My Dead Body (Rob Hiaasen)
  • The Invisible Man (Rafael Alvarez)
  • Stainless Steel (David Simon)
  • Home Movies (Marcia Talley)
  • Liminal (Joseph Wallace)
  • Almost Missed It By a Hair (Lisa Respers)
  • Ode to the O’s (Charlie Stella)
  • Don¹t Walk in Front of Me (Sarah Weinman)
  • As Seen on TV (Dan Fesperman)
  • The Haunting of Slink Ridgely (Tim Cockey)
  • The Homecoming (Jim Fusilli)
  • Frog Cycle (Ben Neihart)
  • Goodwood Gardens (Sujata Massey)
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Dublin Noir

Editor: Ken Bruen

Akashic Books

2006

The contents are:

  • Taking on PJ (Eoin Colfer)
  • Black Stuff (Ken Bruen)
  • Tribunal (Pat Mullan)
  • Portrait of the Killer as a Young Man (Reed Farrel Coleman)
  • The Best Part (Peter Spiegelman)
  • The Ghost of Rory Gallagher (Jim Fusilli)
  • Lost in Dublin (Jason Starr)
  • Tainted Goods (Charlie Stella)
  • Wrong ’em, Boyo (Ray Banks)
  • The Piss-Stained Czech (Olen Steinhauer)
  • Wish (John Rickards)
  • The Death of Jeffers (Kevin Wignall)
  • The Honor Bar (Laura Lippman)
  • Tourist Trade (James O. Born)
  • Hen Night (Sarah Weinman)
  • The Man for the Job (Gary Phillips)
  • The New Prosperity (Patrick J. Lambe)
  • Lonely and Gone (Duane Swierczynski)
  • Rope-A-Dope (Craig McDonald)
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London Noir

Editor: Cathi Unsworth

Akashic Books

2006

The contents are:

  • Backgammon (Desmond Barry)
  • Loaded (Ken Bruen)
  • Rigor Mortis (Stewart Home)
  • Maida Hell (Barry Adamson)
  • I Fought the Lawyer (Michael Ward)
  • I Hate His Fingers (Sylvie Simmons)
  • Park Rites (Dan Bennett)
  • Trouble Is a Lonesome Town (Cathi Unsworth)
  • Chelsea Three, Scotland Yard Nil (Max Décharné)
  • Love (Martyn Waites)
  • Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (Joolz Denby)
  • New Rose (John Williams)
  • Penguin Island (Jerry Sykes)
  • She’ll Ride a White Horse (Mark Pilkington)
  • South (Joe McNally)
  • Who Do You Know in Heaven? (Patrick McCabe)
  • Betamax (Ken Hollings)
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Manhattan Noir

Editor: Lawrence Block

Akashic Books

2006

The contents are:

  • The Good Samaritan (Charles Ardai)
  • The Last Supper (Carol Lea Benjamin)
  • If You Can’t Stand the Heat (Lawrence Block)
  • Rain (Thomas H. Cook)
  • A Nice Place to Visit (Jeffery Deaver)
  • The Next Best Thing (Jim Fusilli)
  • Take the Man’s Pay (Robert Knightly)
  • The Laundry Room (John Lutz)
  • Freddie Prinze Is My Guardian Angel (Liz Martínez)
  • The Organ Grinder (Maan Meyers)
  • Why Do They Have to Hit? (Martin Meyers)
  • Building (S.J. Rozan)
  • The Most Beautiful Apartment in New York (Justin Scott)
  • The Last Round (C.J. Sullivan)
  • Crying with Audrey Hepburn (Xu Xi)
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Miami Noir

Editor: Les Standiford

Akashic Books

2006

The contents are:

  • Ride Along (James W. Hall)
  • Dead Storage (Christine Kling)
  • Silence of the Stone Age (George Tucker)
  • Sawyers (Kevin Allen)
  • Blown Away (Anthony Dale Gagliano)
  • One Man’s Ceiling (Tom Corcoran)
  • Solomon & Lord Drop Anchor (Paul Levine)
  • The Last of Lord Jitters (David Beaty)
  • The Timing of Unfelt Smiles (John Dufresne)
  • Boozanne, Lemme Be (Vicki Hendricks)
  • The Recipe (Carolina Garcia-Aguilera)
  • T-bird (John Bond)
  • Swap Out (Preston Allen)
  • The Noir Boudoir (Lynne Barrett)
  • Machete (Barbara Parker)
  • The Swimmers (Jeffrey Wehr)
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Twin Cities Noir: The Expanded Edition

Editor: Julie Schaper and Steven Horwitz

Akashic Books

2006

An expanded edition with four additional stories was published in 2013.

The contents of the expanded edition are:

  • Someday All of This Will Probably Be Yours (John Jodzio)
  • 16 mm Blues (Peter Schilling Jr.)
  • Skyway Sleepless” Tom Kaczynski)
  • Mai-Nu’s Window (David Housewright)
  • Smoke Got in My Eyes (Bruce Rubenstein)
  • Noir Neige (K.J. Erickson)
  • Bums (William Kent Krueger)
  • Blind Sided (Ellen Hart)
  • Better Luck Next Time (Brad Zellar)
  • Taking the Bullets Out (Mary Sharratt)
  • The Guy (Pete Hautman)
  • The Brewer’s Son (Larry Millett)
  • Loophole (Quinton Skinner)
  • Hi, I’m God (Steve Thayer)
  • Eminent Domain (Judith Guest)
  • Blasted (Mary Logue)
  • If You Harm Us (Gary Bush)
  • Chili Dog (Chris Everheart)
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Bronx Noir

Editor: S.J. Rozan

Akashic Books

2007

An anthology of mystery stories. The contents are:

  • White Trash (Jerome Charyn)
  • Gold Mountain (Terrence Cheng)
  • Hey, Girlie (Joanne Dobson)
  • The Woman Who Hated the Bronx (Rita Lakin)
  • Rude Awakening (Lawrence Block)
  • Burnout (Suzanne Chazin)
  • The Cheers Like Waves (Kevin Baker)
  • Jaguar (Abraham Rodriguez, Jr.)
  • Early Fall (Steven Torres)
  • Hothouse (S.J. Rozan)
  • Lost and Found (Thomas Bentil)
  • Look What Love Is Doing to Me (Marlon James)
  • Home Sweet Home (Sandra Kitt)
  • A Visit to St. Nick’s (Robert J. Hughes)
  • Numbers Up (Miles Marshall Lewis)
  • The Big Five (Joseph Wallace)
  • Ernie K.’s Gelding (Ed Dee)
  • The Prince of Arthur Avenue (Patrick W. Picciarelli)
  • You Want I Should Whack Monkey Boy? (Thomas Adcock)
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Detroit Noir

Editor: E.J. Olsen and John C. Hocking

Akashic Books

2007

The contents are:

  • Kill the Cat (Loren D. Estleman)
  • Pride (P.J. Parrish)
  • Panic (Joyce Carol Oates)
  • Little Horses (Nisi Shawl)
  • Red Quarters (Craig Holden)
  • Migration (Craig Bernier)
  • Night Coming (Desiree Cooper)
  • The Coffee Break (Melissa Preddy)
  • Snow Angel (E.J. Olsen)
  • The Night Watchman Is Asleep (Joe Boland)
  • Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening (Megan Abbott)
  • Honesty above All Else (Dorene O’Brien)
  • Over the Belle Isle Boundary (Lolita Hernandez)
  • The Dead Man’s Boat (Peter Markus)
  • Hey Love (Roger K. Johnson)
  • The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit (Michael Zadoorian)
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Los Angeles Noir

Editor: Denise Hamilton

Akashic Books

2007

The contents are:

  • Mulholland Dive (Michael Connelly)
  • Number 19 (Naomi Hirahara)
  • Dangerous Days (Emory Holmes II)
  • Midnight in Silicon Alley (Denise Hamilton)
  • The Method (Janet Fitch)
  • Morocco Junction 90210 (Patt Morrison)
  • Over Thirty (Christopher Rice)
  • Once More, Lazarus (Héctor Tobar)
  • The Golden Gopher (Susan Straight)
  • The Kidnapper Bell (Jim Pascoe)
  • City of Commerce (Neal Pollack)
  • Fish (Lienna Silver)
  • Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave (Gary Phillips)
  • The Girl Who Kissed Barnaby Jones (Scott Phillips)
  • Kinship (Brian Ascalon Roley)
  • The Hour When the Ship Comes In (Robert Ferrigno)
  • What You See (Diana Wagman)
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New Orleans Noir

Editor: Julie Smith

Akashic Books

2007

The contents are:

  • What’s the Score? (Ted O’Brien
  • Two-Story Brick Houses (Patty Friedmann)
  • Scared Rabbit (Tim McLoughlin)
  • Schevoski (Olympia Vernon)
  • Algiers (David Fulmer)
  • Pony Girl (Laura Lippman)
  • The Battling Priests of Corpus Christi (Jervey Tervalon)
  • Open Mike (James Nolan)
  • All I Could Was Cry (Kalamu ya Salaam)
  • There Shall Your Heart Be Also (Barbara Hambly)
  • Muddy Pond (Maureen Tan)
  • Lawyers’ Tongues (Thomas Adcock)
  • And Hell Walked In (Jeri Cain Rossi)
  • Night Taxi (Christine Wiltz)
  • Annunciation Shotgun (Greg Herren)
  • Loot (Julie Smith)
  • Angola South (Ace Atkins)
  • Marigny Triangle (Eric Overmyer)
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Wall Street Noir

Editor: Peter Spiegelman

Akashic Books

2007

The contents are:

  • At the Top of His Game (Stephen Rhodes)
  • A Trader’s Lot (Twist Phelan)
  • Feeding Frenzy (Tim Broderick)
  • A Terrorizing Demonstration (Jim Fusilli)
  • Town Car (David Noonan)
  • The Quant (Richard Aleas)
  • Make Me Rich (Lawrence Light)
  • Rough Justice (James Hime)
  • The Consultant (Peter Blauner)
  • The Day Trader in the Trunk of Cleto’s Car (Mark Haskell Smith)
  • Five Days at the Sunset (Peter Spiegelman)
  • Today We Hit (Megan Abbott)
  • The Basher (Jason Starr)
  • The Enlightenment of Magnus McKay (John Burdett)
  • Bonus Season (Henry Blodget)
  • Everything I’m Not (Lauren Sanders)
  • Due Diligence (Reed Farrel Coleman)
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Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing but the Truth

Editor: Tim McLoughlin and Thomas Adcock

Akashic Books

2008

The contents are:

  • A Spring Afternoon in the Meadow, That ‘Long, Loud Scream' (Contance Casey)
  • Sweet Cherry: R.I.P. (Christopher Musella)
  • The Ghetto Never Sleeps, Mister Policeman (Robert Leuci)
  • The Morgue Boys (Thomas Adcock)
  • Fun-Time Monsters (Errol Louis)
  • Getting to Know Mad Dog (Robert Knightly)
  • True Confessions (Dennis Hawkins)
  • The Body in the Doorway (Patricia Mulcahy)
  • Snapshots (Tim McLoughlin)
  • No Roses for Bubbeh (Reed Farrel Coleman)
  • The Brooklyn Boogeyman (C.J. Sullivan)
  • Slaves in Brooklyn (Kim Sykes)
  • The Creamflake Kid (Jess Korman)
  • Mommy Wears a Wire (Denise Buffa)
  • Beef Kills (Rosemarie Yu)
  • Sesame Street for Grown-ups (Aileen Gallagherl)
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DC Noir 2: The Classics

Editor: George Pelecanos

Akashic Books

2008

The contents are:

  • A Council of State (Paul Laurence Dunbar)
  • Avey (Jean Toomer)
  • Trouble with the Angels (Langston Hughes)
  • The Man Who Killed a Shadow (Richard Wright)
  • The Last Days of Duncan Street (Julian Mayfield)
  • Washington (Julian Mazor)
  • Cast a Yellow Shadow” (excerpt) by Ross Thomas)
  • Reflecting (Rhozier 'Roach' Brown)
  • Nora (Ward Just)
  • Our Bright Tomorrows (Larry Neal)
  • Kiss the Sky (James Grady)
  • The Dead Their Eyes Implore Us (George Pelecanos)
  • A Rich Man (Edward P. Jones)
  • Wonderwall (Elizabeth Hand)
  • Christmas in Dodge City (Benjamin M. Schutz)
  • After (Marita Golden)
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Havana Noir

Editor: Achy Obejas

Akashic Books

2008

The contents are:

  • Nowhere Man (Miguel Mejides)
  • The Last Passenger (Ena Lucía Portela)
  • The Scene (Mylene Fernández Pintado)
  • Staring at the Sun (Leonardo Padura)
  • The Dinner (Carolina García-Aguilera)
  • Johnny Ventura’s Seventh Try (Pablo Medina)
  • Shanghai (Alex Abella)
  • Murder at 503 La Rosa (Moisés Asís)
  • Murder, According to My Mother-in-Law (Arturo Arango)
  • The Orchid (Mariela Varona Roque)
  • What for, This Burden (Michel Encinosa Fú)
  • The Red Bridge (Yoss)
  • La Coca-Cola del Olvido (Lea Aschkenas)
  • Roger Crumbler Considered His Shave (Gary Phillips)
  • Zenzizenzic (Achy Obejas)
  • Virgins of Regla (Mabel Cuesta)
  • Olúo (Arnaldo Correa)
  • Settling of Scores (Oscar F. Ortíz)
  • Abikú (Yohamna Depestre)
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Istanbul Noir

Editor: Mustafa Ziyalan and Amy Spangler

Akashic Books

2008

The contents are:

  • The Tongue of the Flames (Ismail Güzelsoy)
  • Hitching in the Lodos (Feryal Tilmaç)
  • The Stepson (Mehmet Bilâl)
  • An Extra Body (Baris Müstecaplioglu)
  • The Smell of Fish (Hikmet Hükümenoglu)
  • All Quiet (Jessica Lutz)
  • Around Here, Somewhere (Algan Sezgintüredi)
  • The Spriit of Philosophical Vitriol (Lydia Lunch)
  • One Among Us (Yasemin Aydinoglu)
  • Black Palace (Mustafa Ziyalan)
  • So Very Familiar (Behçet Çelik)
  • The Bloody Horn (Inan Çetin)
  • A Woman, Any Woman (Tarkan Barlas)
  • Ordinary Facts (Riza Kiraç)
  • Burn and Go (Sadik Yemni)
  • The Hand (Müge Iplikçi)
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Las Vegas Noir

Editor: Jarret Keene and Todd James Pierce

Akashic Books

2008

The contents are:

  • The Tik (John O’Brien)
  • Pretty Little Parasite (David Corbett)
  • Mitzvah (Tod Goldberg)
  • Babs (Scott Phillips)
  • This or Any Desert (Vu Tran)
  • Benny Rojas and the Rough Riders (Pablo Medina)
  • Bits and Pieces (Christine McKellar)
  • Crip (Preston L. Allen)
  • Three Times a Night, Every Other Night (Lori Kozlowski)
  • Disappear (Jaq Greenspon)
  • All About Balls (José Skinner)
  • Atomic City (Nora Pierce)
  • Dirty Blood (Celeste Starr)
  • Guns Don’t Kill People (Bliss Esposito)
  • Murder Is Academic (Felicia Campbell)
  • The Road to Rachel (Janet Berliner)
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Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics

Editor: Lawrence Block

Akashic Books

2008

The contents are:

  • Mrs. Manstey’s View (Edith Wharton)
  • A Poker Game (Stephen Crane)
  • The Furnished Room (O. Henry)
  • Spanish Blood (Langston Hughes)
  • Sailor off the Bremen (Irwin Shaw)
  • My Aunt from Twelfth Street (Jerome Weidman)
  • Johnny One-Eye (Damon Runyon)
  • The Last Spin (Evan Hunter)
  • New York Blues (Cornell Woolrich)
  • The Raven (Edgar Allen Poe)
  • Selections from Chelsea Rooming House (Horace Gregory)
  • Selections from The McSorley Poems (Geoffrey Bartholomew)
  • The Luger Is a 9mm Automatic Handgun with a Parabellum Action (Jerrold Mundis)
  • The Interceptor (Barry N. Malzberg)
  • Crowded Lives (Clark Howard)
  • Young Isaac (Jerome Charyn)
  • Love in the Lean Years (Donald E. Westlake)
  • A Manhattan Romance (Joyce Carol Oates)
  • In for a Penny (Lawrence Block)
  • Two Over Easy (Susan Isaacs)
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Paris Noir

Editor: Aurélien Masson

Akashic Books

2008

The contents are:

  • The Chauffeur (Marc Villard)
  • The Chinese Guy (Chantal Pelletier)
  • Big Brother (Salim Bachi)
  • Berthet’s Leaving (Jérôme Leroy)
  • Like a Tragedy (Laurent Martin)
  • Christmas (Christophe Mercier)
  • The Revenge of the Waiters (Jean-Bernard Pouy)
  • La Vie en Rose (Dominique Mainard)
  • Rue des Degrés (Didier Daeninckx)
  • Dead Memory (Patrick Pécherot)
  • (Precious) (DOA)
  • No Comprendo The Stranger (Hervé Prudon)
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Queens Noir

Editor: Robert Knightly

Akashic Books

2008

The contents are:

  • Alice Fantastic (Maggie Estep)
  • Under the Throgs Neck Bridge (Denis Hamill)
  • Golden Venture (Jill Eisenstadt)
  • Buckner’s Error (Joseph Guglielmelli)
  • Baggage Claim (Patricia King)
  • Arrivederci, Aldo (Kim Sykes)
  • Hollywood Lanes (Megan Abbott)
  • Only the Strong Survive (Mary Byrne)
  • First Calvary (Robert Knightly)
  • Bottom of the Sixth (Alan Gordon)
  • The Flower of Flushing (Victoria Eng)
  • Crazy Jill Saves the Slinky (Stephen Solomita)
  • Last Stop, Ditmars (Tori Carrington)
  • Avoid Agony (Shailly Agnihotri)
  • Viernes Loco (K.j.a. Wishnia)
  • Out of Body (Glenville Lovell)
  • Lights Out for Frankie (Liz Martínez)
  • Jihad Sucks; or, The Conversion of the Jews (Jillian Abbott)
  • The Investigation (Belinda Farley)
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Toronto Noir

Editor: Janine Armin and Nathaniel G. Moore

Akashic Books

2008

The contents are:

  • The King of Charles Street West (Gail Bowen)
  • Walking the Dog (Peter Robinson)
  • Numbskulls (George Elliott Clarke)
  • Filmsong (Pasha Malla)
  • Wanted Children (Heather Birrell)
  • Sic Transit Gloria at the Humber Loop (Sean Dixon)
  • Lab Rats (Ibi Kaslik)
  • The Emancipation of Christine Alpert (Nathan Sellyn)
  • A Bout of Regret (Michael Redhill)
  • Brianna South (RM Vaughan)
  • Midnight Shift (Raywat Deonandan)
  • Can’t Buy Me Love (Christine Murray)
  • Tom (Andrew Pyper)
  • A Taste of Honey (Kim Moritsugu)
  • Stalling (Emily Schultz)
  • Sick Day (Mark Sinnett)
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Trinidad Noir

Editor: Lisa Allen-Agostini and Jeanne Mason

Akashic Books

2008

The contents are:

  • Pot Luck (Lisa Allen-Agostini)
  • The Rape (Kevin Baldeosingh)
  • The Funeral Party (Shani Mootoo)
  • Dougla (Reena Andrea Manickchand)
  • Nowarian Blues (Ramabai Espinet)
  • Betrayal (Willi Chen)
  • Bury Your Mother (Jaime Lee Loy)
  • Standing on Thin Skin (Oonya Kempadoo)
  • Woman Is Boss (Elisha Efua Bartels)
  • Prophet (Lawrence Scott)
  • How to Make Photocopies in the Trinidad & Tobago National Archives (Robert Antoni)
  • The Best Laid Plans (Darby Maloney)
  • The Jaguar (Keith Jardim)
  • Eric’s Turn (Rian Marie Extavour)
  • Lucille (Elizabeth Nunez)
  • Peacock Blue (Vahni Capildeo)
  • Dark Nights (Judith Theodore)
  • Gita Pinky Manachandi (Tiphanie Yanique)
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Phoenix Noir

Editor: Patrick Millikin

Akashic Books

2009

The contents are:

  • Bull (Jon Talton)
  • The Eighth Deadly Sin (Charles Kelly)
  • Dirty Scottsdale (Diana Gabaldon)
  • Growing Back (Robert Anglen)
  • Amapola (Luis Alberto Urrea)
  • Public Transportation (Lee Child)
  • Devil Doll (Patrick Milliken)
  • Tom Snag (Laura Tohe)
  • Others of My Kind (James Sallis)
  • Valerie (Kurt Reichenbaugh)
  • Blazin’ on Broadway (Gary Phillips)
  • It’s Like a Whisper (Megan Abbott)
  • Dead by Christmas (David Corbett)
  • Whiteout on Van Buren (Don Winslow)
  • By the Time He Got to Phoenix (Dogo Barry Graham)
  • Confession (Stella Pope Duarte)
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Portland Noir

Editor: Kevin Sampsell

Akashic Books

2009

The contents are:

  • The Clown and Bard (Karen Karbo)
  • Julia Now (Luciana Lopez)
  • Water under the Bridge (Ariel Gore)
  • Alzheimer’s Noir (Floyd Skloot)
  • The Sleeper (Dan DeWeese)
  • The Wrong House (Jonathan Selwood)
  • Baby, I’m Here (Monica Drake)
  • Coffee, Black (Bill Cameron)
  • Gone Doggy Gone (Jamie S. Rich & Joëlle Jones)
  • Virgo (Jess Walter)
  • The Red Room (Chris A. Bolton)
  • Burnside Forever (Justin Hocking)
  • Hummingbird (Zoe Trope)
  • Shanghaied (Gigi Little)
  • Lila (Megan Kruse)
  • People Are Strange (Kimberly Warner-Cohen)
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San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics

Editor: Peter Maravelis

Akashic Books

2009

The contents are:

  • A Watcher By the Dead (Ambrose Bierce)
  • The Third Circle (Frank Norris)
  • The Black Hole of San Francisco (Mark Twain)
  • South of the Slot (Jack London)
  • The Scorched Face (Dashiell Hammett)
  • The Collector Comes After Payday (Fletcher Flora)
  • Souls Burning (Bill Pronzini)
  • The Second Coming (Joe Gores)
  • Knives in the Dark (Don Herron)
  • Christ Walked Down Market Street (Ernest J. Gaines)
  • Deceptions (Marcia Muller)
  • The King Butcher of Bristol Bay (Oscar Peñaranda)
  • Invisible Time (Janet Dawson)
  • Street Court (Seth Morgan)
  • The Numbers Game (Craig Clevenger)
  • The Woman Who Laughed (William T. Vollmann)
  • Ash (John Shirley)
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Seattle Noir

Editor: Curt Colbert

Akashic Books

2009

The contents are:

  • Blood Tide (Thomas P. Hopp)
  • Promised Tulips (Bharti Kirchner)
  • Golden Gardens (Stephan Magcosta)
  • The Center of the Universe (Robert Lopresti)
  • Blue Sunday (Kathleen Alcalá)
  • The Taskmasters (Simon Wood)
  • What Price Retribution? (Patricia Harrington)
  • Till Death Do Us . . . (Curt Colbert)
  • The Best View in Town (Paul S. Piper)
  • The Wrong End of a Gun (R. Barri Flowers)
  • Paper Son (Brian Thornton)
  • The Magnolia Bluff (Skye Moody)
  • Sherlock’s Opera (Lou Kemp)
  • Food for Thought (G.M. Ford)
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Rome Noir

Editor: Chiara Stangalino and Maxim Jakubowski

Akashic Books

2009

The contents are:

  • Pasolini’s Shadow (Nicoletta Vallorani)
  • Eternal Rome (Antonio Scurati)
  • The Melting Pot (Tommaso Pincio)
  • Last Summer Together (Cristiana Danila Formetta)
  • Don’t Talk to the Passenger (Diego De Silva)
  • Roman Holidays (Enrico Franceschini)
  • Tiburtina Noir Blues (Francesca Mazzucato)
  • Words, Thoughts (Marcello Fois)
  • Christmas Eves (Gianrico Carofiglio)
  • Beret (Carlo Lucarelli)
  • Remember Me with Kindness (Maxim Jakubowski)
  • Eaten Alive (Evelina Santangelo)
  • For a Few More Gold Tokens (Antonio Pascale)
  • Silence Is Golden (Boosta)
  • Caput Mundi (Giuseppe Genna)
  • 1988 (Nicola Lagioia)
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Delhi Noir

Editor: Hirsh Sawhney

Akashic Books

2009

The contents are:

  • Yesterday Man (Omair Ahmad)
  • How I Lost My Clothes (Radhika Jha)
  • Last In, First Out (Irwin Allan Sealy)
  • Parking (Ruchir Joshi)
  • Hissing Cobras (Nalinaksha Bhattacharya)
  • The Railway Aunty (Mohan Sikka)
  • Hostel (Siddharth Chowdhury)
  • Small Fry (Meera Nair)
  • Fit of Rage (Palash Krishna Mehrotra)
  • Just Another Death (Hartosh Singh Bal)
  • Gautam Under a Tree (Hirsh Sawhney)
  • The Scam (Tabish Khair)
  • The Walls of Delhi (Uday Prakash)
  • Cull (Manjula Padmanabhan)
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Boston Noir

Editor: Dennis Lehane

Akashic Books

2010

The contents are:

  • Exit Interview (Lynne Heitman)
  • Animal Rescue (Dennis Lehane)
  • The Place Where He Belongs (Jim Fusilli)
  • Dark Waters (Patricia Powell)
  • Femme Sole (Dana Cameron)
  • The Dark Island (Brendan DuBois)
  • The Reward (Stewart O’Nan)
  • The Cross-Eyed Bear (John Dufresne)
  • The Oriental Hair Poets (Don Lee)
  • The Collar (J. Itabari Njeri)
  • Turn Speed (Russ Aborn)
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Philadelphia Noir

Editor: Carlin Romano

Akashic Books

2010

The contents are:

  • Princess (Aimee LaBrie)
  • Scarred (Solomon Jones)
  • Secret Pool (Asali Solomon)
  • Devil’s Pocket (Keith Gilman)
  • Above the Imperial (Dennis Tafoya)
  • A Cut Above (Laura Spagnoli)
  • Swimming (Halimah Marcus)
  • Fishtown Odyssey (Meredith Anthony)
  • Your Brother, Who Loves You (Jim Zervanos)
  • Cannot Easy Normal Die (Carlin Romano)
  • Seeing Nothing (Diane Ayres)
  • Lonergan’s Girl (Duane Swierczynski)
  • Reality (Cordelia Frances Biddle)
  • The Ratcatcher (Gerald Koplan)
  • Ghost Walk (Cary Holladay)
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Richmond Noir

Editor: Andrew Blossom, Brian Castleberry and Tom De Haven

Akashic Books

2010

The contents are:

  • The Rose Red Vial (Pir Rothenberg)
  • Homework (David L. Robbins)
  • Gaia (Mina Beverly)
  • Texas Beach (Dennis Danvers)
  • The Battle of Belle Isle (Clay McLeod Chapman)
  • A Late-Night Fishing Trip (X.C. Atkins)
  • The Heart Is a Strange Muscle (Laura Browder)
  • The Fall Lines (Dean King)
  • Playing with DaBlonde (Tom De Haven)
  • Midnight at the Oasis (Anne Thomas Soffee)
  • Untitled (Meagan J. Saunders)
  • Marco’s Broken English by Conrad Ashley Persons)
  • The Thirteenth Floor (Howard Owen)
  • Mr. Not (Hermine Pinson)
  • The Apprentice (Clint McCown)
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Indian Country Noir

Editor: Sarah Cortez and Liz Martínez

Akashic Books

2010

The contents are:

  • Helper (Joseph Bruchac)
  • Osprey Lake (Jean Rae Baxter)
  • Dead Medicine Snake Woman (Gerard Houarner)
  • Indian Time (Melissa Yi)
  • On Drowning Pond (A.A. HedgeCoke)
  • Daddy’s Girl (Mistina Bates)
  • The Raven and the Wolf (O’Neil De Noux)
  • Juracán (R. Narvaez)
  • JaneJohnDoe.com (David Cole)
  • Lame Elk (Leonard Schonberg)
  • Another Role (Reed, Farrel Coleman)
  • Getting Lucky (Lawrence Block)
  • Prowling Wolves (Liz Martínez)
  • Quilt like a Night Sky (Kimberly Roppolo)
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Orange County Noir

Editor: Gary Phillips

Akashic Books

2010

The contents are:

  • Foreword (T. Jefferson Parker)
  • Bee Canyon (Susan Straight)
  • Down in Capistrano (Robert S. Levinson)
  • Diverters (Rob Roberge)
  • A Good Day’s Work (Nathan Walpow) Crazy for You (Barbara DeMarco-Barrett)
  • The Toll (Dan Duling)
  • 2:45 Out of Santa Ana (Mary Castillo)
  • Old, Cold Hand (Lawrence Maddox)
  • The Movie Game (Dick Lochte)
  • Black Star Canyon (Robert Ward)
  • The Performer (Gary Phillips)
  • The Happiest Place (Gordon McAlpine)
  • Dark Matter (Martin J. Smith)
  • On the Night in Question (Patricia McFall)
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Lone Star Noir

Editor: Bobby Byrd and Johnny Byrd

Akashic Books

2010

The contents are:

  • Phelan’s First Case (Lisa Sandlin)
  • Catgirl (Claudia Smith)
  • Who Stole My Monkey? (David Corbett & Luis Alberto Urrea)
  • Six Dead Cabbies (Tim Tingle)
  • Luck (James Crumley)
  • Preacher’s Kid (Jessica Powers)
  • Six-Finger Jack (Joe R. Lansdale)
  • Duckweed (George Wier)
  • Cherry Coke (Milton T. Burton)
  • Montgomery Clift (Sarah Cortez)
  • Moral Hazard (Jesse Sublett)
  • Bottomed Out”by Dean James)
  • Crank (Ito Romo)
  • The Dead Man’s Wife (Bobby Byrd)
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Mexico City Noir

Editor: Paco Ignacio Taibo II

Akashic Books

2010

The contents are:

  • I’m Nobody (Eduardo Antonio Parra)
  • Private Collection (Bernardo Fernández)
  • The Corner (Pacio Ignacio Taibo II)
  • The Unsmiling Comedian (F.G. Haghenbeck)
  • BANG! (Juan Hernández Luna)
  • Judas Burning (Eugenio Aguirre)
  • Violeta Isn’t Here Anymore (Myriam Laurini)
  • Outside the Door (Óscar de la Borbolla)
  • A Squirrel without a Tree (Rolo Diez)
  • God Is Fanatical, Hija (Eduardo Monteverde)
  • Of Cats and Murderers (Víctor Luiz González)
  • RENO (Julia Rodríguez)
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Moscow Noir

Editor: Natalia Smirnova and Julia Goumen

Akashic Books

2010

The contents are:

  • The Mercy Bus (Anna Starobinets)
  • Gold and Heroin (Vyacheslav Kuritsyn)
  • In the New Development (Ludmilla Petrushevskaya)
  • Wait (Andrei Khusnutdinov)
  • Field of a Thousand Corpses (Alexander Anuchkin)
  • Pure Ponds, Dirty Sex, or Two Army Buddies Meet (Vladimir Tuchkov)
  • Decameron (Igor Zotov)
  • The Doppelgänger (Gleb Shulpyakov)
  • Daddy Loves Me (Maxim Maximov)
  • Christmas (Irina Denezhkina)
  • The Point of No Return (Sergei Samsonov)
  • The Coat that Smelled like Earth (Dmitry Kosyrev)
  • Europe after the Rain (Alexei Evdokimov)
  • Moscow Reincarnations (Sergei Kuznetsov)
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Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics

Editor: Denise Hamilton

Akashic Books

2010

The contents are:

  • I’ll Be Waiting (Raymond Chandler)
  • Murder in Blue (Paul Cain)
  • I Feel Bad Killing You (Leigh Brackett)
  • Dead Man (James M. Cain)
  • The Night’s for Cryin' (Chester Himes)
  • Find the Woman (Ross Macdonald)
  • The Chirashi Covenant (Naomi Hirahara)
  • High Darktown (James Ellroy)
  • The People Across the Canyon (Margaret Millar)
  • Surf (Joseph Hansen)
  • The Kerman Kill (William Campbell Gault)
  • Crimson Shadow (Walter Mosley)
  • Rika (Jervey Tervalon)
  • Lucía (Yxta Maya Murray)
  • Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta (Kate Braverman)
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Pittsburgh Noir

Editor: Kathleen George

Akashic Books

2011

The contents are:

  • Atom Smasher (Lila Shaara)
  • Still Air (Terrance Hayes)
  • Duplex (Steward O’Nan)
  • Pray for Rain (Nancy Martin)
  • A Minor Extinction (Paul Lee)
  • When Johnny Came Shuffling Home (K.C. Constantine)
  • Intruder (Kathleen George)
  • Loaded (Rebecca Drake)
  • Far Beneath (Carlos Antonio Delgado)
  • At the Buena Vista (Hilary Masters)
  • Homecoming (Kathryn Miller Haines)
  • Cheater (Aubrey Hirsch)
  • Key Drop (Tom Lipinski)
  • Overheard (Reginald McKnight)
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New Jersey Noir

Editor: Joyce Carol Oates

Akashic Books

2011

The contents are:

  • Live for Today (S.A. Solomon)
  • Soul Anatomy (Lou Manfredo)
  • New Day Newark (S.J. Rozan)
  • Newark Black: 1940-1954 (C.K. Williams)
  • Lola (Jonathan Santlofer)
  • The Enigma of Grover’s Mill (Bradford Morrow)
  • Broken Glass (Gerald Stern)
  • Wunderlich (Sheila Kohler)
  • Atlantis (Richard Burgin)
  • August: Feeding Frenzy (Alicia Ostriker)
  • A Bag for Nicholas (Hirsh Sawhney)
  • Glass Eels (Jeffrey Ford)
  • Meadowlands Spike (Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini)
  • Kettle Run (Robert Arellano)
  • Noir, NJ (Paul Muldoon)
  • Too Near Real (Jonathan Safran Foer)
  • Excavation (Edmund White & Michael Carroll)
  • Long Branch Underground (Robert Pinsky)
  • Run Kiss Daddy (Joyce Carol Oates)
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Cape Cod Noir

Editor: David L. Ulin

Akashic Books

2011

The contents are:

  • Ten-Year Plan (William Hastings)
  • Second Chance (Elyssa East)
  • Ardent (Dana Cameron)
  • Nineteen Snapshots of Dennisport (Paul Tremblay)
  • Variations on a Fifty-Pound Bale (Adam Mansbach)
  • Bad Night in Hyannisport (Seth Greenland)
  • Spectacle Pond (Lizzie Skurnick)
  • La Jetee (David L. Ulin)
  • The Occidental Tourist (Kaylie Jones)
  • The Exchange Student (Fred G. Leebron)
  • Viva Regina (Ben Greenman)
  • When Death Shines Bright (Dave Zeltserman)
  • Twenty-Eight Scenes for Neglected Guests (Jedediah Berry)
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San Diego Noir

Editor: Maryelizabeth Hart

Akashic Books

2011

The contents are:

  • Vic Primeval (T. Jefferson Parker)
  • The Home Front (Diane Clark & Astrid Bear)
  • Gold Shield Blues (Jeffrey J. Mariotte)
  • Key Witness (Martha C. Lawrence)
  • The New Girl (Debra Ginsberg)
  • Instant Karma (Taffy Cannon)
  • The Angel’s Share (Morgan Hunt)
  • Homes (Ken Kuhlken)
  • After Thirty (Don Winslow)
  • Don’t Feed the Bums (Lisa Brackmann)
  • Moving Black Objects (Cameron Pierce Hughes)
  • The Roads (Gabriel R. Barillas)
  • Like Something Out of a Comic Book (Gar Anthony Haywood)
  • The National City Reparation Society (Luis Alberto Urrea)
  • A Scent of Death (Maria Lima)
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Copenhagen Noir

Editor: Bo Tao Michaëlis

Akashic Books

2011

The contents are:

  • Women in Copenhagen (Naja Marie Aidt)
  • One of the Rough Ones (Jonas T. Bengtsson)
  • Australia (Christian Dorph & Simon Pasternak)
  • All I Want Is My Baby Woah Woah, Woah Woah Woah Woah (Susane Staun)
  • A Fine Boy (Helle Helle)
  • When the Time Came (Lene Kaaberbøl & Agente Friis)
  • Sleipner’s Assignment (Georg Ursin)
  • Debt of Honor (Klaus Rifbjerg)
  • When It’s Tough Out There (Gretelise Holm)
  • Savage City, Cruel City (Kristian Lundberg)
  • The Elephant’s Tusks (Kristina Stoltz)
  • The Booster Station (Seyit Öztürk)
  • The Great Actor (Benn Q. Holm)
  • Last Train from Central Station (Gunnar Staalesen)
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Barcelona Noir

Editor: Adriana V. López and Carmen Ospina

Akashic Books

2011

The contents are:

  • The Law of Escape (Andreu Martín)
  • Brawner’s Shadows (Antonia Cortijos)
  • The Predator (Santiago Roncagliolo)
  • The Enigma of Her Voice (Isabel Franc)
  • In This World, and at the Time Mercedes Died (Lolita Bosch)
  • Sweet Croquette (David Barba)
  • The Offering (Teresa Solana)
  • A High-End Neighborhood (Jordi Sierra I Fabra)
  • The Customer is Always Right (Imma Monsó)
  • Epiphany (Eric Taylor-Aragón)
  • The Story of a Scar (Cristina Fallarás)
  • Bringing Down the Moon (Valerie Miles)
  • The Slender Charm of Chinese Women (Raúl Argemí)
  • The Police Inspector Who Loved Books (Francisco González Ledesma)
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Haiti Noir

Editor: Edwidge Danticat

Akashic Books

2011

The contents are:

  • Odette (Patrick Sylvain)
  • The Rainbow’s End (M.J. Fievre)
  • The Finger (Gary Victor)
  • Paradise Inn (Kettly Mars)
  • Which One? (Evelyne Trouillot)
  • Twenty Dollars (Madison Smartt Bell)
  • Claire of the Sea Light (Edwidge Danticat)
  • The Harem (Ibi Aanu Zoboi)
  • Rosanna (Josaphat-Robert Large)
  • Maloulou (Marie Lily Cerat)
  • Dangerous Crossroads (Louis-Philippe Dalembert)
  • Blues for Irène (Marvin Victor)
  • The Last Department (Katia D. Ulysse)
  • Departure Lounge (Nadine Pinede)
  • Who Is that Man? (Yanick Lahens)
  • Mercy at the Gate (Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel)
  • The Leopard of Ti Morne (Mark Kurlansky)
  • The Blue Hill (Rodney Saint-Éloi)
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St. Petersburg Noir

Editor: Julia Goumen and Natalia Smirnova

Akashic Books

2012

The contents are:

  • Training Day (Andrei Kivinov)
  • The Sixth of June (Sergei Nosov)
  • Wake Up, You’re a Dead Man Now (Vadim Levental)
  • The Witching Hour (Alexander Kudriavtsev)
  • Peau de Chagrin (Natalia Kurchatova & Ksenia Venglinskaya)
  • Drunk Harbor (Lena Eltang)
  • Barely a Drop (Andrei Rubanov)
  • Swift Current (Anna Solovey)
  • The Phantom of the Opera Forever (Julia Belomllinsky)
  • The Nutcracker (Anton Chizh)
  • Paranoia (Mikhail Lialin)
  • The Hairy Sutra (Pavel Krusanov)
  • A Cabinet of Curiosities (Eugene Kogan)
  • Hotel Angleterre (Vladimir Berezin)
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Staten Island Noir

Editor: Patricia Smith

Akashic Books

2012

The contents are:

  • Snake Hill (Bill Loehfelm)
  • Sister-in-Law (Louisa Ermelino)
  • When They Are Done with Us (Patricia Smith)
  • A User’s Guide to Keeping Your Kills Fresh (Ted Anthony)
  • Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (Shay Youngblood)
  • Mistakes (Michael Penncavage)
  • Abating a Nuisance (Bruce DeSilva)
  • Paying the Tab (Michael Largo)
  • Assistant Professor Lodge (Binnie Kirshenbaum)
  • . . . spy verse spy . . . (Todd Craig)
  • Before It Hardens (Eddie Joyce)
  • The Fly-Ass Puerto Girl from the Stapleton Projects (Linda Nieves-Powell)
  • Teenage Wasteland (Ashley Dawson)
  • Lighthouse (S.J. Rozan)
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Mumbai Noir

Editor: Altaf Tyrewala

Akashic Books

2012

The contents are:

  • Justice (Riyaz Mulla)
  • The Romantic Customer (Paromita Vohra)
  • By Two (Devashish Makhija)
  • Chachu At Dusk (Abbas Tyrewala)
  • Nagpada Blues (Ahmed Bunglowala)
  • The Body in the Gali (Smita Harish Jain)
  • A Suitable Girl (Annie Zaidi)
  • TZP (R. Raj Rao )
  • Pakeezah (Avtar Singh)
  • The Watchman (Altaf Tyrewala)
  • Lucky 501 (Sonia Faleiro)
  • The Egg (Namita Devidayal)
  • At Leopold Café (Kalpish Ratna)
  • They (Jerry Pinto)
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Long Island Noir

Editor: Kaylie Jones

Akashic Books

2012

The contents are:

  • Gateway to the Stars (Matthew McGevna)
  • Thy Shiny Car in the Night (Nick Mamatas)
  • Home Invasion (Kaylie Jones)
  • Anjali’s America (Qanta Ahmed, MD)
  • A Starr Burns Bright (Charles Salzberg)
  • Mastermind (Reed Farrel Coleman)
  • Seven Eleven (Tim McLoughlin)
  • Past President (Sarah Weinman)
  • Boob Noir (Jules Feiffer)
  • Summer Love (JZ Holden)
  • Ending in Paumanok (Richie Narvaez)
  • Terror (Sheila Kohler)
  • Contents of House (Jane Ciabattari)
  • Semiconscious (Steven Wishnia)
  • Blood Drive (Kenneth Wishnia)
  • Jabo’s (Amani Scipio)
  • Snow Job (Tim Tomlinson)
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Kansas City Noir

Editor: Steve Paul

Akashic Books

2012

The contents are:

  • Missing Gene (J. Malcolm Garcia)
  • Cat in a Box (Kevin Prufer)
  • Mission Hills Confidential (Grace Suh)
  • Come Murder Me Next, Babe (Daniel Woodrell)
  • The Softest Crime (Matthew Eck)
  • You Shouldn’t Be Here (Philip Stephens)
  • The Incident (Catherine Browder)
  • The Good Neighbor (Linda Rodriguez)
  • Thelma and Laverne (John Lutz)
  • Lightbulb (Nancy Pickard)
  • Yesterdays (Andrés Rodríguez)
  • Last Night at the Rialto (Mitch Brian)
  • Charlie Price’s Last Supper (Nadia Pflaum)
  • The Pendergast Musket (Phong Nguyen)
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Kingston Noir

Editor: Colin Channer

Akashic Books

2012

The contents are:

  • My Lord (Kwame Dawes)
  • The White Gyal with the Camera” Kei Miller)
  • Tomcat Beretta (Patricia Powell)
  • A Grave Undertaking (Ian Thomson)
  • Immaculate (Marlon James)
  • Roll It (Leone Ross)
  • One-Girl Half Way Tree Concert (Marcia Douglas)
  • Leighton Leigh Anne Norbrook (Thomas Glave)
  • 54-46 (That’s My Number) (Christopher John Farley)
  • Sunrise (Chris Abani)
  • Monkey Man (Colin Channer)
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Boston Noir 2: The Classics

Editor: Dennis Lehane, Mary Cotton and Jaime Clarke

Akashic Books

2012

The contents are:

  • The Marriage Privilege (Chuck Hogan)
  • Night-Side (Joyce Carol Oates)
  • Home Sweet Home (Hannah Tinti)
  • Surrogate (Robert B. Parker)
  • Mushrooms (Dennis Lehane)
  • Lucky Penny (Linda Barnes)
  • Blanche Cleans Up (excerpt) (Barbara Neely)
  • The Balance of the Day (George V. Higgins)
  • Bait (excerpt) (Kenneth Abel)
  • Townies (Andre Dubus)
  • Driving the Heart (Jason Brown)
  • The 5:22 (George Harrar)
  • Infinite Jest” (excerpt) by David Foster Wallace)
  • At Night (David Ryan)
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Venice Noir

Editor: Maxim Jakubowski

Akashic Books

2012

The contents are:

  • Cloudy Water (Matteo Righetto)
  • The Comedy Is Over (Francesco Ferracin)
  • Commissario Clelia Vinci (Barbara Baraldi)
  • Little Sister (Francesca Mazzucato)
  • Lido Winter (Maxim Jakubowski)
  • Pantegana (Michelle Lovric)
  • Desdemona Undicesima (Isabella Santacroce)
  • Venice Aphrodisiac (Peter James)
  • Drifter (Emily St. John Mandel)
  • Rendezvous (Tony Cartano)
  • Signor Gauke’s Tongue (Mike Hodges)
  • Tourists for Supper (Maria Tronca)
  • Laguna Blues (Michael Gregorio)
  • A Closed Book (Mary Hoffman)
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Dallas Noir

Editor: David Hale Smith

Akashic Books

2013

The contents are:

  • Hole-Man (Matt Bondurant)
  • The Realtor (Ben Fountain)
  • In the Air (Daniel J. Hale)
  • The Clearing (Emma Rathbone)
  • En la Calle Doce (Flaco’s Blues) (Oscar C. Peña)
  • The Private Room (Merritt Tierce)
  • Night Work (Clay Reynolds)
  • Full Moon (Lauren Davis)
  • Like Kissing Your Sister (James Hime)
  • An Angel from Heaven (Fran Hillyer)
  • Coincidences Can Kill You (Kathleen Kent)
  • Big Things Happening Here (David Haynes)
  • The Stickup Girl (Harry Hunsicker)
  • Dog Sitter (Catherine Cuellar)
  • Miss Direction (J. Suzanne Frank)
  • Swingers Anonymous (Jonathan Woods)
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Manila Noir

Editor: Jessica Hagedorn

Akashic Books

2013

The contents are:

  • Aviary (Lysley Tenorio)
  • A Human Right (Rosario Cruz-Lucero)
  • Satan Has Already Bought U (Lourd de Veyra)
  • Broken Glass (Sabina Murray)
  • After Midnight (Angelo R. Lacuesta)
  • Trese: Thirteen Stations (Budjette Tan & Kajo Baldisimo)
  • Comforter of the Afflicted (F.H. Batacan)
  • The Professor’s Wife (Jose Dalisay)
  • Cariño Brutal (R. Zamora Linmark)
  • The Unintended (Gina Apostol)
  • Old Money (Jessica Hagedorn)
  • Desire (Marianne Villanueva)
  • Darling, You Can Count on Me (Eric Gamalinda)
  • Norma from Norman (Jonas Vitman)
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USA Noir

Editor: Johnny Temple

Akashic Books

2013

An anthology that collects 37 of the best stories in the US based Akashic Noir series anthologies published up to 2013. The contents are:

  • Animal Rescue (Dennis Lehane)
  • The Confidential Informant (George Pelecanos)
  • The Golden Gopher (Susan Straight)
  • The Book Signing (Pete Hamill)
  • Run Kiss Daddy (Joyce Carol Oates)
  • Still Air (Terrance Hayes)
  • White Trash (Jerome Charyn)
  • Alice Fantastic (Maggie Estep)
  • The Gospel of Moral Ends (Bayo Ojikutu)
  • When All This Was Bay Ridge (Tim McLoughlin)
  • Crazy for You (Barbara DeMarco-Barrett)
  • Mastermind (Reed Farrel Coleman)
  • The Clown and Bard (Karen Karbo)
  • Mulholland Dive (Michael Connelly)
  • Our Eyes Couldn’t Stop Opening (Megan Abbott)
  • Public Transportation (Lee Child)
  • Too Near Real (Jonathan Safran Foer)
  • Ride Along (James W. Hall)
  • Second Chance (Elyssa East)
  • After Thirty (Don Winslow)
  • Missing Gene (J. Malcolm Garcia)
  • Loot (Julie Smith)
  • The Prison (Domenic Stansberry)
  • Helper (Joseph Bruchac)
  • Easy As A-B-C (Laura Lippman)
  • The Rose Red Vial (Pir Rothenberg)
  • Amapola (Luis Alberto Urrea)
  • The Tik (John O’Brien)
  • Lighthouse (S.J. Rozan)
  • Secret Pool (Asali Solomon)
  • Bums (William Kent Kruger)
  • Vic Primeval (T. Jefferson Parker)
  • Feeding Frenzy (Tim Broderick)
  • Promised Tulips (Bharti Kirchner)
  • If You Can’t Stand the Heat (Lawrence Block)
  • Phelan’s First Case (Lisa Sandlin)
  • A Nice Place to Visit (Jeffery Deaver)
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Belfast Noir

Editor: Adrian McKinty and Stuart Neville

Akashic Books

2014

The contents are:

  • Foreword (David Torrans)
  • The Undertaking (Brian McGilloway)
  • Poison (Lucy Caldwell)
  • Wet with Rain (Lee Child)
  • Taking It Serious (Ruth Dudley Edwards)
  • Ligature (Gerard Brennan)
  • Belfast Punk REP (Glenn Patterson)
  • The Reservoir (Ian McDonald)
  • The Grey (Steve Cavanagh)
  • Rosie Grant’s Finger (Claire McGowan)
  • Out of Time (Sam Millar)
  • Die Like a Rat (Garbhan Downey)
  • Corpse Flowers (Eoin McNamee)
  • Pure Game (Arlene Hunt)
  • The Reveller (Alex Barclay)
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Singapore Noir

Editor: Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

Akashic Books

2014

The contents are:

  • Last Time (Colin Goh)
  • Detective in a City with No Crime (Donald Tee Quee Ho)
  • Strangler Fig (Philip Jeyaretnam)
  • Smile, Singapore (Colin Cheong)
  • Reel (Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan)
  • Mother (Monica Bhide)
  • Kena Sai (S.J. Rozan)
  • Tattoo (Lawrence Osborne)
  • Mei Kwei, I Love You (Suchen Christine Lim)
  • Spells (Ovidia Yu)
  • Saiful and the Pink Edward VII (Damon Chua)
  • Current Escape (Johann S. Lee)
  • Bedok Reservoir (Dave Chua)
  • Murder on Orchard Road (Nury Vittachi)
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Helsinki Noir

Editor: James Thompson

Akashic Books

2014

The contents are:

  • Jenkem (Pekka Hiltunen)
  • Kiss of Santa (Leena Lehtolainen)
  • The Hand of Ai (James Thompson)
  • St. Peter’s Street (Riikka Ala-Harja)
  • Hard Rain (Tapani Bagge)
  • The Silent Woman (Joe L. Murr)
  • Little Black (Teemu Kaskinen)
  • Silent Night (Jarkko Sipila)
  • Snowy Sarcophagus (Jukka Petäjä)
  • Dead Cinch (Tuomas Lius)
  • Good Intentions (Jesse Itkonen)
  • The Broker (Karo Hämäläinen)
  • The Script (Antti Tuomainen)
  • Stolen Lives (Johanna Holmström)
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Tehran Noir

Editor: Salar Abdoh

Akashic Books

2014

The contents are:

  • The Fat, Fat Story of the Fat City (Danial Haghighi)
  • Fear Is the Best Keeper of Secrets (Vali Khalili)
  • A Woman’s Geography Is Sacred (Lily Farhadpour)
  • The Shelf Life of Revenge (Sima Saeedi)
  • The Corpse Fixer (Majed Neisi)
  • Lariyan’s Day in the Sun (Aida Moradi Ahani)
  • The Whitest Set of Teeth in Tehran (Salar Abdoh)
  • The Restlessness of a Serial Killer at the Finish Line (Javad Afhami)
  • My Own Marble Jesus (Mahsa Mohebali)
  • In the Flophouse (Farhaad Heidari Gooran)
  • A Stoning Before Breakfast (Azardokht Bahrami)
  • Bridge of Simon (Yourik Karim-Masihi)
  • Not Every Bullet Is Meant for a King (Hossein Abkenar)
  • The Groom’s Return (Mahak Taheri)
  • The Gravedigger’s Kaddish (Gina B. Nahai)
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Tel Aviv Noir

Editor: Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron

Akashic Books

2014

The contents are:

  • Sleeping Mask (Gadi Taub)
  • Women (Matan Hermoni)
  • The Time-Slip Detective (Lavie Tidhar)
  • Slow Cooking (Deakla Keydar)
  • Clear Recent History (Gon Ben Ari)
  • Saïd the Good (Antonio Ungar)
  • Swirl (Silje Bekeng)
  • My Father’s Kingdom (Shimon Adaf)
  • Who’s a Good Boy! (Julia Farmentto)
  • The Tour Guide (Yoav Katz)
  • Death in Pajamas (Alex Epstein)
  • The Expendables (Gai Ad)
  • Allergies (Etgar Keret)
  • Center (Assaf Gavron)
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Haiti Noir 2: The Classics

Editor: Edwidge Danticat

Akashic Books

2014

The contents are:

  • Praisesong for Port-au-Prince (Danielle Legros Georges)
  • Preface to the Life of a Bureaucrat (Jacques Roumain)
  • A Strange Story (Ida Faubert)
  • The Enchanted Second Lieutenant (Jacques-Stephen Alexis)
  • A White House with Pink Curtains in the Downstairs Windows (Jan J. Dominique)
  • Oresca (Paulette Poujol Oriol)
  • Children of Heroes (excerpt) (Lyonel Trouillot)
  • Remember One Day (Emmelie Prophète)
  • Rêve Haitien (Ben Fountain)
  • Heading South (Dany Laferrière)
  • Three Letters You Will Never Read (Georges Anglade)
  • The Port-au-Prince Marriage Special (Edwidge Danticat)
  • True Life (Michèle Voltaire Marcelin)
  • I Just Lost My Way (Èzili Dantò)
  • The Mission (Marie-Hélène Laforest)
  • Barbancourt Blues (excerpt) (Nick Stone)
  • Dame Marie (Marilène Phipps-Kettlewell)
  • Surrender” (excerpt) by Myriam J.A. Chancy)
  • Things I Know About Fairy Tales (Roxane Gay)
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Prison Noir

Editor: Joyce Carol Oates

Akashic Books

2014

The contents are:

  • Shuffle (Christopher M. Stephen)
  • I Saw an Angel (Sin Soracco)
  • Bardos (Scott Gutches)
  • Trap (Eric Boyd)
  • A Message in the Breath of Allah (Ali F. Sareini)
  • Tune-Up by Stephen Geez)
  • Foxhole (B.M. Dolarman)
  • There Will Be Seeds for Next Year (Zeke Caligiuri)
  • Immigrant Song (Marco Verdoni)
  • Rat’s Ass (Kenneth R. Brydon)
  • Milk and Tea (Linda Michelle Marquardt)
  • Angel Eyes (Andre White)
  • How eBay Nearly Killed Gary Bridgway (Timothy Pauley)
  • 3 Block from Hell (Bryan K. Palmer)
  • The Investigation (William Van Poyck)
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Chicago Noir: The Classics

Editor: Joe Meno

Akashic Books

2015

The contents are:

  • 30 Seconds of Darkness (Harry Stephen Keeler)
  • Brothers (Sherwood Anderson)
  • Kaddish for the Kid (Max Allan Collins)
  • The Man Who Went to Chicago (excerpt) (Richard Wright)
  • He Swung and He Missed (Nelson Algren)
  • I’ll Cut Your Throat Again, Kathleen (Fredric Brown)
  • The Price of Salt (excerpt) (Patricia Highsmith)
  • The Starving Dogs of Little Croatia (Barry Gifford)
  • Blue Note (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
  • The Whole World Is Watching (Libby Fischer Hellmann)
  • Skin Deep (Sara Paretsky)
  • Death and the Point Spread (Percy Spurlark Parker)
  • One Holy Night (Sandra Cisneros)
  • The Thirtieth Amendment (Hugh Holton)
  • We Didn’t (Stuart Dybek)
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Providence Noir

Editor: Ann Hood

Akashic Books

2015

The contents are:

  • Gold Leaf (Luanne Rice)
  • The Pig (John Searles)
  • Under the Shepard Clock (Ann Hood)
  • The Vengeance Taker (Robert Leuci)
  • Waltz Me Once Again (LaShonda Katrice Barnett)
  • Once, at Trinity Rep (Elizabeth Strout)
  • The Autobiographical House (Amity Gaige)
  • Femur (Hester Kaplan)
  • Missing Sri (Marie Myung-Ok Lee)
  • $1,000 Nassau (Thomas Cobb)
  • All in the Family (Bruce DeSilva)
  • Armory Park (Taylor M. Polites)
  • Training (Dawn Raffel)
  • WaterFire’s Smell Tonight (Pablo Rodriguez)
  • The Saturday Night Before Easter Sunday (Peter Farrelly)
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Buffalo Noir

Editor: Ed Park and Brigid Hughes

Akashic Books

2015

The contents are:

  • Dr. Kirkbride’s Moral Treatment Plan (Christina Milletti)
  • It’s Only for Forever (Tom Fontana)
  • The Ehrengraf Settlement (Lawrence Block)
  • The Bubble Man of Allentown (Dimitri Anastasopoulos)
  • Falling on Ice (Lissa Marie Redmond)
  • Parkside (S.J. Rozan)
  • Chicken Noodle’s Night Out (John Wray & Brooke Costello)
  • Peace Bridge (Connie Porter)
  • Valentine (Joyce Carol Oates)
  • The Odd (Ed Park)
  • Good Neighbors (Gary Earl Ross)
  • Hand (Kim Chinquee)
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Memphis Noir

Editor: Laureen P. Cantwell and Leonard Gill

Akashic Books

2015

The contents are:

  • Her Better Devils (David Wesley Williams)
  • Heartbreak at Graceland (Kaye George)
  • Through Valleys (Jamey Hatley)
  • The Panama Limited (Richard J. Alley)
  • Green-Eyed Blues (Dwight Fryer)
  • The Never Never Is Forever (Adam Shaw & Penny Register-Shaw)
  • Chain of Custody (Lee Martin)
  • There Is No Rest (Arthur Flowers)
  • A Game of Love (Suzanne Berube Rorhus)
  • Mother (Ehi Ike)
  • Battle (Stephen Clements)
  • Stinkeye (Cary Holladay)
  • A Shut-and-Open Case (John Bensko)
  • Nightflight (Sheree Renée Thomas)
  • Tell Him What You Want (Troy L. Wiggins)
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Marseille Noir

Editor: Cédric Fabre

Akashic Books

2016

The contents are:

  • The Josettes Really Liked Me (Christian Garcin)
  • Extreme Unction (François Thomazeau)
  • Silence Is Your Best Friend (Patrick Coulomb)
  • The Dead Pay a Price for the Living (René Frégni)
  • I’ll Go Away with the First Man Who Says I Love You (Marie Neuser)
  • On Borrowed Time (Emmanuel Loi)
  • What Can I Say? (Rebecca Lighieri)
  • Katrina (François Beaune)
  • The Problem with the Rotary (Philippe Carrese)
  • The Prosecution (Pia Petersen)
  • Green, Slightly Gray (Serge Scotto)
  • The Red Mule (Minna Sif)
  • The Warehouse for People from Before (Salim Hatubou)
  • Joliette Sound System (Cédric Fabre)
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New Orleans Noir: The Classics

Editor: Julie Smith

Akashic Books

2016

The contents are:

  • A Marriage of Conscience (Armand Lanusse)
  • The Little Convent Girl (Grace King)
  • The Story of an Hour (Kate Chopin)
  • Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking (O. Henry)
  • The Purple Hat (Eudora Welty)
  • Desire and the Black Masseur (Tennessee Williams)
  • Miss Yellow Eyes (Shirley Ann Grau)
  • Pleadings (John William Corrington)
  • Ritual Murder (Tom Dent)
  • Rich (Ellen Gilchrist)
  • Spats (Valerie Martin)
  • The Man with Moon Hands (O’Neil De Noux)
  • Rose (John Biguenet)
  • Mussolini and the Axeman’s Jazz (Poppy Z. Brite)
  • GDMFSOB (Nevada Barr)
  • Jesus Out to Sea (James Lee Burke)
  • Last Fair Deal Gone Down (Ace Atkins)
  • Pie Man (Maurice Carlos Ruffin)
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Mississippi Noir

Editor: Tom Franklin

Akashic Books

2016

The contents are:

  • Combustible (Ace Atkins)
  • Lord of Madison County (Jimmy Cajoleas)
  • Losing Her Religion (RaShell R. Smith-Spears)
  • Most Things Haven’t Worked Out (William Boyle)
  • Uphill (Mary Miller)
  • Boy and Girl Games Like Coupling (Jamie Paige)
  • Oxford Girl (Megan Abbott)
  • Digits (Michael Kardos)
  • Moonface (Andrew Paul)
  • God’s Gonna Trouble the Water (Dominiqua Dickey)
  • My Dear, My One True Love (Lee Durkee)
  • Hero (Michael Farris Smith)
  • Pit Stop (John M. Floyd)
  • Anglers of the Keep (Robert Busby)
  • Jerry Lewis (Jack Pendarvis)
  • Cheap Suitcase and a New Town (Chris Offutt)
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San Juan Noir

Editor: Mayra Santos-Febres

Akashic Books

2016

The contents are:

  • Death on the Scaffold (Janette Becerra)
  • Fish Food (Manolo Núñez Negrón)
  • The Infamy of Chin Fernández (Tere Dávila)
  • Two Deaths for Ángela (Ana María Fuster Lavín)
  • Matchmaking (Mayra Santos-Febres)
  • Dog Killer (Luis Negrón)
  • Saint Michael’s Sword (Wilfredo J. Burgos Matos)
  • A Killer Among Us (Manuel A. Meléndez)
  • Sweet Feline (Alejandro Álvarez Nieves)
  • Things Told While Falling (Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro)
  • Turistas (Ernesto Quiñonez)
  • Y (José Rabelo)
  • Inside and Outside (Edmaris Carazo)
  • Death Angel of Santurce (Charlie Vázquez)
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Rio Noir

Editor: Tony Bellotto

Akashic Books

2016

The contents are:

  • The Hanged Man (Adriana Lisboa)
  • Toned Cougars (Tony Bellotto)
  • The Cannibal of Ipanema (Alexandre Fraga dos Santos)
  • The Booty (Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza)
  • The Return (MV Bill)
  • Weekend in São Conrado (Luiz Eduardo Soares)
  • RJ-171 (Guilherme Fiuza)
  • Argentine Taxi (Arthur Dapieve)
  • Blind Spot (Victoria Saramago)
  • The Enigma of the Victrola (Arnaldo Bloch)
  • Tangerine Tango (Marcelo Ferroni)
  • The Wait (Flávio Carneiro)
  • The Story of Georges Fullar (Raphael Montes)
  • The Woodsman (Luis Fernando Verissimo)
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St. Louis Noir

Editor: Scott Phillips

Akashic Books

2016

The contents are:

  • Abandoned Places (S.L. Coney)
  • Deserted Cities of the Heart (Paul D. Marks)
  • Blues for the River City (Colleen J. McElroy)
  • Fool’s Luck (LaVelle Wilkins-Chinn)
  • Attrition (Calvin Wilson)
  • Tracks (Jason Makansi)
  • Four St. Louis Poems (Michael Castro)
  • A Paler Shade of Death (Laura Benedict)
  • Have You Seen Me? (Jedidiah Ayres)
  • A St. Louis Christmas (Umar Lee)
  • The Pillbox (Chris Barsanti)
  • The Brick Wall (John Lutz)
  • Tell Them Your Name Is Barbara (L.J. Smith)
  • One Little Goddamn Thing (Scott Phillips)
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Brussels Noir

Editor: Michel Dufranne

Akashic Books

2016

The contents are:

  • The Parakeet (Barbara Abel)
  • Daedalus (Katia Lanero Zamora)
  • Only Muddy Streams Flow in Darkness (Patrick Delperdange)
  • R I T U A L: Diary of Flesh and Faith (Kenan Görguin)
  • A Fraction of a Second (Paul Colize)
  • The Other War of the Marolles (Sara Doke)
  • The Other Half of a Life (Ayerdhal)
  • The Killer Wore Slippers (Nadine Monfils)
  • The Village Idiot (Edgar Kosma)
  • In the Shadow of the Tower (Émilie de Béco)
  • Ecuador (Alfredo Noriega)
  • Paint It, Black (Bob Van Laerhoven)
  • The Beekeeper (Jean-Luc Cornette)
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Beirut Noir

Editor: Iman Humaydan

Akashic Books

2016

The contents are:

  • The Bastard (Tarek Abi Samra)
  • Maya Rose (Zena el Khalil)
  • Pizza Delivery (Bana Beydoun)
  • Under the Tree of Melancholy (Najwa Barakat)
  • Eternity and the Hourglass (Hyam Yared)
  • Beirut Apples (Leila Eid)
  • Bird Nation (Rawi Hage)
  • Dirty Teeth (The Amazin’ Sardine)
  • The Boxes (Mazen Maarouf)
  • Rupture (Bachir Hilal)
  • The Thread of Life (Hala Kawtharani)
  • Without a Trace (Mohamad Abi Samra)
  • The Death of Adil Uliyyan (Abbas Beydoun)
  • Scent of a Woman, Scent of a City (Alawiya Sobh)
  • Sails on the Sidewalk (Marie Tawk)
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Zagreb Noir

Editor: Ivan Sršen

Akashic Books

2016

The contents are:

  • A Girl in the Garage (Darko Macan)
  • Crossbar (Josip Novakovich)
  • The Old Man from the Mountain (Ivan Vidic)
  • The Gates of Hell (Ružica Gašperov)
  • Horse Killer (Mima Simic)
  • It All Happened So Fast (Robert Perisic)
  • Night Vision (Pero Kvesic)
  • Numbers 1–3 (Nada Gašic)
  • Wraiths (Zoran Pilic)
  • Slices of Night (Andrea Žigic-Dolenec)
  • Headlessness (Darko Milošic)
  • She-Warrior (Nora Verde)
  • Wiener Schnitzel (Ivan Sršen)
  • Happiness on a Leash (Neven Ušumovic)
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Stockholm Noir

Editor: Nathan Larson and Carl-Michael Edenbo

Akashic Books

2016

The contents are:

  • Stairway from Heaven (Åke Edwardson)
  • Still in Kallhäll (Johan Theorin)
  • The Smugglers (Martin Holmén)
  • The Splendors and Miseries of a Swedish Crime Writer (Malte Persson)
  • Horse (Anna-Karin Selberg)
  • From the Remains (Inger Edelfeldt)
  • Northbound (Lina Wolff)
  • Kim (Torbjörn Elensky)
  • Black Ice (Inger Frimansson)
  • The Wahlberg Disease (Carl Johan De Geer)
  • Nineteen Pieces (Carl-Michael Edenborg)
  • Death Star (Unni Drougge)
  • 10/09/03 (Nathan Larson)
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Trinidad Noir: The Classics

Editor: Earl Lovelace and Robert Antoni

Akashic Books

2017

The contents are:

  • La Divina Pastor (C.L.R. James)
  • The Cricket Match (Samuel Selvon)
  • Homestead (Eric Roach)
  • Man-Man (V.S. Naipaul)
  • The Valley Of Cocoa (Michael Anthony)
  • The Quiet Peasant (Harold Sonny Ladoo)
  • The Schooner Flight (Derek Walcott)
  • Malgret97te (Lawrence Scott)
  • Assam's Iron Chest (Willi Chen)
  • Joebell And America (Earl Lovelace)
  • Hindsight (Robert Antoni)
  • Uncle Zoltan (Ismith Khan)
  • Town Of Tears (Elizabeth Nunez)
  • The Vagrant At The Gate (Wayne Brown)
  • Losing Control. Songster (Jennifer Rahim)
  • The Party (Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw)
  • Ghost Story (Barbara Jenkins)
  • The Dragonfly's Tale (Sharon Millar)
  • The Bonnaire Silk Cotton Tree (Shani Mootoo)
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Atlanta Noir

Editor: Tayari Jones

Akashic Books

2017

The contents are:

  • Snowbound (Tananarive Due)
  • Terceira (Dallas Hudgens)
  • The Prisoner (Brandon Massey)
  • Kill Joy (Sheri Joseph)
  • One-Eyed Woman (Gillian Royes)
  • Selah (Anthony Grooms)
  • Caramel (Tayari Jones)
  • Comet (David James Poissant)
  • Come Ye, Disconsolate (Daniel Black)
  • The Bubble (Jennifer Harlow)
  • A Moment of Clarity at the Waffle House (Kenji Jasper)
  • Four in the Morning in the New Place (Jim Grimsley)
  • Ma’am (Alesia Parker)
  • The Fuck Out (John Holman)
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Oakland Noir

Editor: Eddie Muller and Jerry Thompson

Akashic Books

2017

The contents are:

  • The Bridge Tender (Nick Petrulakis)
  • The Wishing Well (Kim Addonizio)
  • A Murder of Saviors (Keenan Norris)
  • Divine Singularity (Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder)
  • White Horse (Katie Gilmartin)
  • A Town Made of Hustle (Dorothy Lazard)
  • The Streets Don’t Love Nobody (Harry Louis Williams II)
  • Bulletproof (Carolyn Alexander)
  • The Three Stooges (Phil Canalin)
  • Cabbie (Judy Juanita)
  • Two to Tango (Jamie DeWolf)
  • Survivors of Heartache (Nayomi Munaweera)
  • Prophets and Spies (Mahmud Rahman)
  • Black and Borax (Tom McElravey)
  • Waiting for Gordo (Joe Loya)
  • The Handyman (Eddie Muller)
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Montana Noir

Editor: James Grady and Keir Graff

Akashic Books

2017

The contents are:

  • Red, White, and Butte (David Abrams)
  • Constellations (Caroline Patterson)
  • Ace in the Hole (Eric Heidle)
  • Fireweed (Janet Skeslien Charles)
  • Dark Monument (Sidner Larson)
  • All the Damn Stars in the Sky (Yvonne Seng)
  • The Road You Take (James Grady)
  • The Dive (Jamie Ford)
  • Bad Blood (Carrie La Seur)
  • Oasis (Walter Kirn)
  • Motherlode (Thomas McGuane)
  • Trailer Trash (Gwen Florio)
  • Custer’s Last Stand (Debra Magpie Earling)
  • Red Skies of Montana (Keir Graff)
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New Haven Noir

Editor: Amy Bloom

Akashic Books

2017

The contents are:

  • Crossing Harry (Chris Knopf)
  • Callback (Sarah Pemberton Strong)
  • A Woe for Every Season (Hirsh Sawhney)
  • Sure Thing (David Rich)
  • I’ve Never Been to Paris (Amy Bloom)
  • The Secret Societies (Roxana Robinson)
  • The Boy (Karen E. Olson)
  • Evening Prayer by Stephen L. Carter)
  • Second Act (Jessica Speart)
  • The Gauntlet (Jonathan Stone)
  • Innovative Methods (Alice Mattison)
  • Spring Break (John Crowley)
  • Silhouettes (Chandra Prasad)
  • The Man in Room Eleven (Michael Cunningham)
  • The Queen of Secrets (Lisa D. Gray)
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Montreal Noir

Editor: Jacques Filippi and John McFetridge

Akashic Books

2017

The contents are:

  • Rush Hour (Patrick Senécal)
  • Such a Pretty Little Girl (Geneviève Lefebvre)
  • Three Tshakapesh Dreams (Samuel Archibald)
  • The Haunted Crack House (Michel Basilières)
  • Wild Horses (Arjun Basu)
  • Driftwood (Ian Truman)
  • Joke’s On You (Catherine McKenzie)
  • Coyote (Brad Smith)
  • The Crap Magnet (Peter Kirby)
  • Poppa (Robert Pobi)
  • Journal of an Obsession (Johanne Seymour)
  • The Sin Eaters (Melissa Yi)
  • Milk Teeth (Howard Shrier)
  • Other People’s Secrets (Tess Fragoulis)
  • Suitcase Man (Martin Michaud)
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Buenos Aires Noir

Editor: Ernesto Mallo

Akashic Books

2017

The contents are:

  • The Dead Wife (Inés Garland)
  • Crochet (Inés Fernández Moreno)
  • Ex Officio (Ariel Magnus)
  • Fury of the Worm (Alejandro Parisi)
  • A Face in the Crowd (Pablo De Santis)
  • Orange Is a Pretty Color (Verónica Abdala)
  • Chameleon and the Lions (Alejandro Soifer)
  • The Golden Eleventh (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara)
  • Eternal Love (Ernesto Mallo)
  • You’ve Spoken My Name (Enzo Maqueira)
  • Three Rooms and a Patio (Elsa Osorio)
  • The Excluded (Leandro Ávalos Blacha)
  • Death and the Canoe (Claudia Piñeiro)
  • Feel the Burn (María Inés Krimer)
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Prague Noir

Editor: Pavel Mandys

Akashic Books

2018

The contents are:

  • Three Musketeers (Martin Goffa)
  • Amateurs (Štepán Kopriva)
  • Disappearances on the Bridge (Miloš Urban)
  • The Dead Girl from a Haunted House (Jirí W. Procházka)
  • The Magical Amulet (Chaim Cigan)
  • Marl Circle (Ondrej Neff)
  • The Cabinet of Seven Pierced Books (Petr Stancík)
  • The Life and Work of Baroness Mautnic (Katerina Tucková)
  • All the Old Disguises (Markéta Pilátová)
  • Percy Thrillington (Michal Sykora)
  • Better Life (Michaela Klevisová)
  • Another Worst Day (Petra Soukupová)
  • Olda No. 3 (Irena Hejdová)
  • Epiphany, or Whatever You Wish (Petr Šabach)
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Santa Cruz Noir

Editor: Susie Bright

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2018

The contents are:

  • Buck Low (Tommy Moore)
  • Whatever happened to Skinny Jane? (Ariel Gore)
  • Monarchs and Maidens (Margaret Elysia Garcia)
  • 54028 Love Creek Road (Jessica Breheny)
  • Possessed (Naomi Hirahara)
  • Wheels of Justice (Jon Bailiff)
  • Mischa and the seal (Liza Monroy)
  • First Peak (Peggy Townsend)
  • Safe Harbor (Seana Graham)
  • Miscalculation (Vinnie Hansen)
  • To live and Die in Santa Cruz (Calvin McMillin)
  • Treasure Island (Micah Perks)
  • Flaming Arrows (Wallace Baine)
  • The Big Creep (Elizabeth McKenzie)
  • Death and Taxes (Jill Wolfson)
  • The Strawberry Tattoo (Maceo Montoya)
  • Crab Dinners (Lou Mathews)
  • Pinballs (Beth Lisick)
  • The Shooter (Lee Quarnstrom)
  • It Follows Until It Leads (Dillon Kaiser)
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São Paulo Noir

Editor: Tony Bellotto

Akashic Books

2018

The contents are:

  • Cross Contamination (Vanessa Barbara)
  • Boniclaide And Mrs. Als (Ilana Casoy)
  • Useless Diary (Tony Bellotto)
  • My Name Is Nicky Nicola (Jô Soares)
  • Teresão (Mario Prata)
  • As If The World Were A Good Place (Marçal Aquino)
  • Margot (Drauzio Varella)
  • 24-Hour Service (Fernando Bonassi)
  • The Final Table (Marcelo Rubens Paiva)
  • Discreet Inelegance. The Force Is With Me (Beatriz Bracher & Maria S. Carvalhosa)
  • Flow (Ferréz)
  • Coffee Stain (Olivia Maia)
  • Any Similarity Is Not Purely Coincidental (Marcelino Freire)
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Lagos Noir

Editor: Chris Abani

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2018

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Vancouver Noir

Editor: Sam Wiebe

Akashic Books

2018

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Baghdad Noir

Editor: Samuel Shimon

Akashic Books

2018

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Marrakech Noir

Editor: Yassin Adnan

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2018

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Hong Kong Noir

Editor: Jason Y. Ng and Susan Blumberg-Kason

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2018

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Amsterdam Noir

Editor: René Appel and Josh Pachter

Akashic Books

2019

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Sydney Noir

Editor: John Dale

Akashic Books

2019

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Accra Noir

Editor: Nana-Ama Danquah

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Addis Ababa Noir

Editor: Maaza Mengiste

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Alabama Noir

Editor: Don Noble

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Berkeley Noir

Editor: Jerry Thompson and Owen Hill

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Berlin Noir

Editor: Thomas Wörtche

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Bogotá Noir

Editor: Andrea Montejo

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Columbus Noir

Editor: Andrew Welsh-Huggins Akashic Books

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Houston Noir

Editor: Gwendolyn Zepeda

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Jerusalem Noir

Editor: Dror Mishani

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Milwaukee Noir

Editor: Tim Hennessy

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Nairobi Noir

Editor: Peter Kimani

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Santa Fe Noir

Editor: Ariel Gore

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Last updated July 2018