Brand-new stories by: Jeffery Deaver, Lawrence Block, Charles Ardai, Carol Lea Benjamin, Thomas H. Cook, Jim Fusilli, Robert Knightly, John Lutz, Liz Martinez, Maan Meyers, Martin Meyers, S.J. Rozan, Justin Scott, C.J. Sullivan, and Xu Xi. **Lawrence Block** has won most of the major mystery awards
Manhattan noir Volume two: the classics
โ Scribed by Lawrence Block
- Publisher
- Akashic Books
- Year
- 2012;2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Classic reprints from: Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, O. Henry, Irwin Shaw, Jerome Weidman, Damon Runyon, Evan Hunter, Jerrold Mundis, Edgar Allan Poe, Horace Gregory, Geoffrey Bartholomew, Cornell Woolrich, Barry N. Malzberg, Clark Howard, Jerome Charyn, Donald E. Westlake, Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, Susan Isaacs, and others.
Lawrence Block has won most of the major mystery awards and has been called the quintessential New York writer. His series characters--Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Evan Tanner, Chip Harrison, and Keller--all live in Manhattan; like their creator, they would not really be happy anywhere else.
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The good Samaritan / Charles Ardai -- The last supper / Carol Lea Benjamin -- If you can't stand the heat / Lawrence Block -- Rain / Thomas H. Cook -- A nice place to visit / Jeffrey Deaver -- The next best thing / Jim Fusilli -- Take the man's pay / Robert Knightly -- The laundry room / John Lutz -
From the introduction by Lawrence Block: *Readers of* Brooklyn Noir *will recall that its contents were labeled by neighborhood - Bay Ridge, Canarsie, Greenpoint, etc. We have chosen the same principle here, and the book's contents do a good job of covering the island, from C.J. Sullivan's Inwood
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Classic reprints from:Edward P. Jones, George Pelecanos, Paul Laurence Dunbar, James Grady, Julian Mayfield, Marita Golden, Elizabeth Hand, Julian Mazor, Ward Just, Roach Brown, Larry Neal, and others. **George Pelecanos** is an independent film producer, the recipient of numerous international wri