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Tonight, Somewhere in New York Tonight, Somewhere in New York Cornell Woolrich TABLE OF CONTENTS *********************** TONIGHT, SOMEWHERE IN NEW YORK (aka THE LOSER) Chapters 1-5 Morning after murder -- The night of February 17,1924 -- Murder, obliquely -- The penny-a-… OL11276652W
Portland Noir Portland Noir Kevin Sampsell Brand-new stories by: Gigi Little, Justin Hocking, Christopher Bolton, Jess Walter, Monica Drake, Jamie S. Rich (illustrated by Joelle Jones), Dan DeWeese, Zoe Trope, Luciana Lopez, Karen Karbo, Bill… OL15176421W
Boston noir Boston noir Russell Aborn,Lynne Heitman,Dana Cameron,Jim Fusilli,Dennis Lehane,Brendan DuBois,Patricia Powell,Don Lee,Stewart O'Nan,John Dufresne,Itabari Njeri Brand-new stories by: Dennis Lehane, Stewart O'Nan, Patricia Powell, John Dufresne, Lynne Heitman, Don Lee, Russ Aborn, Itabari Njeri, Jim Fusilli, Brendan DuBois, and Dana Cameron.Dennis Lehane (Mys… OL15506502W
Redheads die quickly and other stories Redheads die quickly and other stories Gil Brewer A collection of Gil Brewer's noir short stories. OL16646112W
Nice and Noir Nice and Noir Richard B. Schwartz "Owners of mystery bookshops will tell you that there are several sorts of buyers: those who purchase on impulse or whim; genre addicts who buy paperbacks by the week and by the armful; and those who… OL16983359W
San Francisco noir 2 San Francisco noir 2 Peter Maravelis Past meets present as some of the great storytellers of the past conspire with contemporary noir virtuosos to showcase the criminal legacy of the city by the bay. OL18169744W
New Haven noir New Haven noir Amy Bloom "In an Ivy League town, Bloom turns Yale's motto--Lux et Veritas--on its head, finding darkness and deceit in every corner of New Haven...The stories Bloom chooses share a strong sense of place, deta… OL19714785W
Montana noir Montana noir Grady, James,Keir Graff Grady and Graff, both Montana natives, masterfully curate this collection of hard-edged Western tales. OL19717241W
Vivir y morir en USA Vivir y morir en USA Temple, Johnny (Bass guitarist) Collects over thirty of the best entries in the Akashic noir series, including stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and T. Jefferson Parker. Recoge más de trein… OL26449808W
The Corsican dove The Corsican dove Thomas DeKooning Private Eye Ramone Ramone is approached one night by a mysterious woman offering him $10,000 to find a rare book. It seems her son has joined a cult and offered its guru a family heirloom: an origina… OL27036793W
Happy hour and other Philadelphia cruelties Happy hour and other Philadelphia cruelties Tony Knighton A young grifter steals an overcoat. As he discovers forty-thousand dollars in its inside pocket, the coat's owners come after him. The action never stops as his pursuers seem to be both ahead and beh… OL28769644W
Miami Noir (Akashic Noir) Miami Noir (Akashic Noir) Les Standiford Brand-new stories by: James W. Hall, Barbara Parker, John Dufresne, Paul Levine, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, Tom Corcoran, Vicki Hendricks, Preston L. Allen, Lynne Barrett, and othersFrom the introduct… OL459766W
The street was mine The street was mine Megan E. Abbott "This book considers a recurrent figure in American literature: the solitary white man moving through urban space. The descendent of nineteenth-century frontier and western heroes, the figure reemerg… OL5731713W
San Francisco Noir (Akashic Noir) San Francisco Noir (Akashic Noir) Peter Maravelis Brand-new stories by: Barry Gifford, Robert Mailer Anderson, Michelle Tea, Peter Plate, Kate Braverman, Domenic Stansberry, David Corbett, Eddie Muller, Alejandro Murguia, Sin Sorracco, Alvin Lu, Joh… OL8906723W