San Diego Noir
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San Diego Noir
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Author : Maryelizabeth Hart
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2011-05-17
San Diego Noir written by Maryelizabeth Hart and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-17 with Fiction categories.
Southern California is not all sun, sand, and surf in this gripping collection of noir tales from T. Jefferson Parker, Don Winslow, Maria Lima, and others. San Diego is home to miles of beaches, Balboa Park, a world-famous zoo, and some of the country’s most expensive home and resort real estate. Yet the city also houses a few items that aren’t actively promoted by the visitor’s bureau: a number of the country’s most corrupt politicians, border-related crimes, terrorists, and the occasional earthquakes. A noir feast! In the fifty-plus years since Raymond Chandler set Playback in Esmeralda, his name for La Jolla, the population has grown by more than a million, and crime has proliferated as well. San Diego of the past and the present offers the book’s contributors a rich selection of settings, from the cross on Mount Soledad to the piers of Ocean Beach, and perpetrators and victims from the residents of its wealthiest enclaves to the inhabitants of its segregated barrios. San Diego Noir includes stories by T. Jefferson Parker, Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Martha C. Lawrence, Diane Clark & Astrid Bear, Debra Ginsberg, Morgan Hunt, Ken Kuhlken, Taffy Cannon, Don Winslow, Cameron Pierce Hughes, Lisa Brackmann, Gabriel R. Barillas, Gar Anthony Haywood, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Maria Lima. “When it’s done right, noir is a darkly delicious thrill: smart, sharp-tongued, surprising. The knife goes in at the end with a twist. San Diego Noir, a new 15-story collection by some of the region’s best writers, has all that going for it, and the steady supply of hometown references makes it even more fun.” —The San Diego Union-Tribune
Sunshine Noir Ii
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Author : Jim Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-09
Sunshine Noir Ii written by Jim Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09 with Fiction categories.
This is an anthology of prose, poetry, fiction, journalism, photography, and art on the San Diego/Tijuana region. This is a 10th anniversary project of City Works Press and is a follow up to our first book, Sunshine/Noir.
San Diego Noir A Novel Psychological Thriller By San Diego Author
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Author : John T. Cullen
language : en
Publisher: Clocktower Books
Release Date : 2019-12
San Diego Noir A Novel Psychological Thriller By San Diego Author written by John T. Cullen and has been published by Clocktower Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12 with Fiction categories.
You can't run away from the past until the past is finished with you. Whatever you started--or what your creepy sister did under cover of darkness--will haunt you and pursue you anywhere in the world where you try to run and hide. The past is never finished until it's finished--like your drug-addicted mother, your run-away father, and mom's string of nasty boyfriends. That's just for starters back in tiny Sharpsville, New York State. That's what Anna Clair and Bella Clair discover when they reach adulthood and try to run away from family secrets, terrifying events, and sinister consequences in their teenage lives back home. The two sisters separately have left their mother's dark, decaying little house in a tiny rural town. Anna and Bella, who never got along and maybe never really knew each other well, despite growing up under the same roof, have each separately moved across the country to sunny San Diego for a fresh start in life. They hardly ever call each other, but fate has scary ideas in store for them and will slam them together like never before. Each thinks the other is a bit creepy and scary, to put it mildly. Now the past catches up again. The old saying is: No matter where you go, there you are. And so are the dreadful consequences of long-ago crimes and misdeeds, which have pursued Anna and Bella across a continent. There is no peace, no rest, no saving grace. It's a fast tale, a roller coaster ride with our eyes bulging as we readers hang on for dear life, and discover one horrifying secret darker than the one before it. And then a number of intriguing, beautiful new persons come into their lives. Courting Bella is the tall blond surfer Jack Kelley, a computer genius. Anna is mesmerized by the powerful, handsome young businessman Charles Spencer and his smoldering young sister, the darkly beautiful Delilah. Another is the strange, almost deranged, passionate young man named Fox, who keeps popping up in both Anna's and Bella's days bringing undercurrents of memory and unease. Let's start reading, and know we will not be able to stop once we get sucked in. Who is the creepy sister really? Each tells her story from her point of view, and sociopaths never see themselves as the guilty party. They can kill someone without blinking an eyelash, and blame it on the victim or on anyone other than themselves. Because they are so cold-blooded, they plan things to the last detail (and that means: the very last, final deadly detail). Here's the bottom line on all of John T. Cullen's acclaimed thrillers and other novels: You always have a strong male lead, and an equally strong female lead. They fall in love while racing through blurry tunnels of danger, suspense, and intrigue. In the end, the hero and heroine always reach Happy Ever After (HEA). Another note: the writing is subtle; watch for clues shimmering deep under the surface during a seemingly easy-going opener that lets us get to know and empathize with the lead characters... but suspense is building the whole time... and *then* watch when the hammer comes down... until the breathless ending, when we can relax on a sunny beach in San Diego or the Riviera or elsewhere, inhale the fragrances of sun tan oil and Merlot, and catch our breath. Readers always say three things to the author: (1) I couldn't stop reading; (2) it was so vivid that I could see the movie in my head every moment; and (3) when can I read your next story? (soon, my friend, soon).
Palm Springs Noir Akashic Noir
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Author : Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2021-07-06
Palm Springs Noir Akashic Noir written by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with Fiction categories.
Palm Springs now joins Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley in California’s Noir Series arena. “Contrary to popular belief, noir doesn’t require a bleak city street for its setting. Nor water, for that matter. Noir thrives on secrets, lies and lust, all flowing plentifully through the jewel in the Coachella Valley’s fragile crown . . . For all the playfulness of the genre and the location, the wisecracks and the kidney-shaped pools, there is an unmanageable darkness waiting to seep in, like so much blood in the pool water.” —Los Angeles Times 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. Brand-new stories by: T. Jefferson Parker, Janet Fitch, Eric Beetner, Kelly Shire, Tod Goldberg, Michael Craft, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Rob Roberge, J.D. Horn, Eduardo Santiago, Rob Bowman, Chris J. Bahnsen, Ken Layne, and Alex Espinoza.
Santa Cruz Noir
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Author : Tommy Moore
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2018-06-05
Santa Cruz Noir written by Tommy Moore and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-05 with Fiction categories.
“A new collection of short fiction stories explores a seedier side of this beach town filled with murder and mystery.”—KAZU FM In Akashic Books’ award-winning series of original noir anthologies, each book comprises all new stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Following in the footsteps of Los Angeles Noir, San Francisco Noir, San Diego Noir, Orange County Noir, and Oakland Noir, “we get a series of crime stories rich with surf culture in a town loaded with itinerant spirits, typifying Santa Cruz as a place to be lost, or get lost, or lose yourself. That ethos permeates the stories in the collection, granting them an intriguing grittiness that might otherwise be missing. Concluding with a serious gutpunch of a story, Santa Cruz Noir is a worthy addition to the series” (San Francisco Book Review). This anthology features Elizabeth McKenzie’s “The Big Creep,” a Shamus Award finalist, and Lou Mathews’s “Crab Dinners” and Dillon Kaiser’s “It Follows as it Leads,” which have been included in the Distinguished Mystery Stories of 2018 list in The Best American Mystery Stories 2019. It also includes brand-new stories by Tommy Moore, Jessica Breheny, Naomi Hirahara, Calvin McMillin, Liza Monroy, Jill Wolfson, Ariel Gore, Jon Bailiff, Maceo Montoya, Micah Perks, Seana Graham, Vinnie Hansen, Peggy Townsend, Margaret Elysia Garcia, Lee Quarnstrom, Beth Lisick, and Wallace Baine. “A thrilling, whip-smart book that will dazzle local lovers of crime fiction.”—Good Times Santa Cruz “There are intricate plots, sketchier plots, dubious motives, inscrutable motives, downright creepiness, edgy stuff, and wonderful humor. Something for everyone’s taste in noir.”—Escape into Life
Sunshine Noir
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Author : Jim Miller
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Sunshine Noir written by Jim Miller and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Literary Collections categories.
A collection of works from the San Diego Writers Collective, a group of San Diego writers and artists. Emerging writers from San Diego and Tijuana are featured in these works of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Long Island Noir
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Author : Kaylie Jones
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2012
Long Island Noir written by Kaylie Jones and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Fiction categories.
Kaylie Jones, Jules Feiffer, Reed Farrel Coleman, Sheila Kohler, and others reveal how Long Island has always been a playground for the rich and famous - and while it used to be that only a select few could afford it, now everyone wants a piece of the pie. The McMansions pop up like mushrooms, limiting resources and destroying an already taxed environment. It feels a little like Rome in its last days - a kind of collective amnesia and blindness to the outside world has taken over. This collection showcases the dark underbelly of a false idyll.
Usa Noir
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Author : Dennis Lehane
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2013-10-14
Usa Noir written by Dennis Lehane and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-14 with Fiction categories.
“All the heavy hitters, from Michael Connelly in Los Angeles to Joyce Carol Oates in suburban New Jersey . . . an important anthology.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) Features Dennis Lehane’s story “Animal Rescue,” the inspiration for the movie The Drop starring Tom Hardy. Launched with the summer 2004 award-winning bestseller Brooklyn Noir, the groundbreaking Akashic Noir series now includes over sixty volumes and counting. The stories in USA Noir “represent the best of the U.S.-based anthologies, and the list of contributors include virtually anyone who’s made the best-seller list with a work of crime fiction in the last decade . . . a must-have anthology” (Booklist, starred review). Featuring stories by: Dennis Lehane, Don Winslow, Michael Connelly, George Pelecanos, Susan Straight, Jonathan Safran Foer, Laura Lippman, Pete Hamill, Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Terrance Hayes, Jerome Charyn, Jeffery Deaver, Maggie Estep, Bayo Ojikutu, Tim McLoughlin, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Reed Farrel Coleman, Megan Abbott, Elyssa East, James W. Hall, J. Malcolm Garcia, Julie Smith, Joseph Bruchac, Pir Rothenberg, Luis Alberto Urrea, Domenic Stansberry, John O’Brien, S.J. Rozan, Asali Solomon, William Kent Krueger, Tim Broderick, Bharti Kirchner, Karen Karbo, and Lisa Sandlin. One of Zoom Street Magazine’s Favorite Books of 2014 One of “100 Best Books for Readers Young and Old,” HispanicBusiness.com “Perhaps the single most impressive feature of the collection is its range of voices, from Joyce Carol Oates’ faux innocent young family to Megan Abbott’s impressionable high school kids to the chorus of peremptory voices S.J. Rozan plants in a haunted thief’s head. Eat your heart out, Walt Whitman: These are the folks who hear America singing, and moaning and screaming.”—Kirkus Reviews
Orange County Noir
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Author : Gary Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2010
Orange County Noir written by Gary Phillips and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Fiction categories.
Orange County, California, brings to mind the endless summer of sand and surf, McMansion housing tracts, a conservative stronghold, and tony shopping centers. It's a place where pilates classes are run like boot camps, real estate values are discussed at your weekly colonic, and ice cream parlors on Main Street, USA, exist side-by-side with pho shops and taquerias. Orange County Noir pulls back the veil to reveal what lurks behind the curtain. Features brand-new stories by: Susan Straight, Robert S. Levinson, Rob Roberge, Nathan Walpow, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Dan Duling, Mary Castillo, Lawrence Maddox, Dick Lochte, Robert Ward, Gary Phillips, Gordon McAlpine, Martin J. Smith, and Patricia McFall. Editor Gary Phillips is the author of many novels and short stories. He lives in Southern California.
Indian Country Noir
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Author : Sarah Cortez
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2010
Indian Country Noir written by Sarah Cortez and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Fiction categories.
Enter the dark welter of troubled history throughout the Americas, where a heritage of violence meets the ferocity of intent. This sharp, stylised and ambitious anthology of Native American literature sees authors of Indian heritage or blood join non-Indian authors in creating these diverse, gripping, dubious and sleazy stories. Includes contributions from award-winning author Reed Farrel Coleman and Lawrence Block, author of Hit and Run (Orion, 2009).