"Sure to be of regional interest and to appeal to fans of noir or 'dark' fiction, this spicy black brew of sinister thrills is not for the squeamish or the easily offended." --**_Library Journal_** "Unsettling and shivery." --**_Kirkus Reviews_** "Crime, like politics, is local. The folks at
Lone Star Noir
β Scribed by Bobby Byrd
- Publisher
- akashic books
- Year
- 2010;2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1936070642
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β¦ Synopsis
Texas enters the Akashic Noir Series arena with a dazzling array of terrifying, well-crafted short fiction. Featuring brand-new stories by: James Crumley, Joe Lansdale, Claudia Smith, Ito Romo, Luis Alberto Urrea, David Corbett, George Weir, Sarah Cortez, Jesse Sublette, Dean James, Tim Tingle, Milton Burton, Lisa Sandlin, Bill Crider, and Bobby Byrd. Launched with the summer '04 award-winning best seller Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.
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