โ Scribed by Laureen Cantwell
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"A remarkable picture of contemporary Memphis emerges in this Akashic noir volume...Something for everyone."
--Publishers Weekly
"Memphis Noir covers train cars and Beale Street, hoodoo and segregation, Nathan Bedford Forrest and, of course, Graceland, and even includes a graphic novella."
--Memphis Flyer
"A collection of stories celebrating the underbelly of the city, its ghosts, and the characters that give Memphis its rich patina of blues."
--Memphis Flyer , Event feature
"Memphis Noir , edited by Laureen P. Cantwell and Leonard Gill, captures the subtlety of the Memphis ethos, where blacks and whites, rich and poor, are intimately entwined. The collection--fifteen stories by some of the city's finest writers--bleeds the blues and calls down the dark powers that permeate this capital of the Delta."
--The Commercial Appeal
"Stories by some of the city's...
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