Akashic Books has been issuing a series of books that thematically collect "noir" stories related to specific cities, e.g., Richmond Noir, Philadelphia Noir, etc., although I see there is a recent one entitled "Grand Central Noir;" perhaps they ran out of cities. The books are an excellent way to di...
Having read his book Red Cat, I had high hopes that this book would follow as a good read. I was disappointed and cannot recommend this book. I never felt anything for any of the characters. I felt it was confusing and contained every possible adjective and adverb in the English language. It was...
I picked up this book by an author unknown to me on a close out table. I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I really enjoyed the mid-century Sam Spade noir style writing. It is reminiscent of the Dragnet kind of mystery. The story is concise and continues to evolve. In the end, I found to n...
Read the Megan Abbott story. Janitor figures out the numbers game, makes it big in Harlem. Great on mood and atmosphere; the probability numbers confused me, but they always do.
Good book about blackmailing.. liked the type of it! :)) the writting was not that good, and the action was a bit boring at some points, but it was fine
Excellent audio and one enjoyable story.Read by Alfred Molina and with a new author every chapter - how much more squeeness can the literary world chuck at me on a humpday afternoon? I'll have to have it turned up loud to cover the clacking needles.Chapter One - by Jeffery Deaver. He conceives the c...
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