Category Archives: Travel Guides
Santa Cruz Noir
Following in the footsteps of `Los Angeles Noir`, `San Francisco Noir`, `San Diego Noir`, `Orange County Noir`, and `Oakland Noir`, this new volume further reveals the seedy underbelly of the left coast. Brand-new stories by: Tommy Moore, Jessica Breheny, Naomi Hirahara, Calvin McMillin, Liza Monroy, Elizabeth McKenzie, Jill Wolfson, Ariel Gore, Jon Bailiff, Maceo Montoya,
Vancouver Noir
Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with `Brooklyn Noir`. Each story is set in a distinct neighbourhood or location within the city of the book. Featuring brand-new stories by: Linda L. Richards, Timothy Taylor, Sheena Kamal, Robin Spano, Carleigh Baker, Sam Wiebe, Dietrich Kalteis, Nathan Ripley,
Hong Kong Noir
In `Hong Kong Noir`, fourteen of the city`s finest authors explore the dark heart of the Pearl of the Orient in haunting stories of depravity and despair.Brand-new stories by: Jason Y. Ng, Xu Xi, Marshall Moore, Brittani Sonnenberg, Tiffany Hawk, James Tam, Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang, Christina Liang, Feng Chi-shun, Charles Philipp Martin, Shannon Young, Shen
Brussels Noir
The Noir series explores Brussels – the leader of `New Europe` – a city with more than its share of scandals and sinister headlines.The Noir series first moved into Europe with `London Noir` and Paris Noir.` Following subsequent entries `Rome Noir`, `Helsinki Noir` and `Barcelona Noir` – the series has finally found its way to
Milwaukee Noir
The city of manufacturers, a growing immigrant community, and booze make perfect grist for the Noir Series mill. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighbourhood or location within the respective city. Brand-new stories from: Jane Hamilton, Reed Farrel Coleman,
On the Way Back
Nathaniel Jones, a middle-aged businessman from England, travels to Anguilla on holiday when he`s captivated by a ludicrously beautiful member of the community, Sheila Rawlingson. After a secret courtship, Nathaniel proposes to Sheila, whose agreement is seen as a betrayal by her family. Recognising the value Anguillans place on economic projects, Nathaniel attempts to found
Houston Noir
Brand-new stories by: Tom Abrahams, Robert Boswell, Sarah Cortez, Anton DiSclafani, Stephanie Jaye Evans, Wanjiku Wa Ngugi, Adrienne Perry, Pia Pico, Reyes Ramirez, Icess Fernandez Rojas, Sehba Sarwar, Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Larry Watts, and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton. From the introduction by Gwendolyn Zepeda: “In a 2004 essay, Hunter S. Thompson described Houston as a `cruel,
Marrakech Noir
Northern Africa finally enters the Noir Series arena with a finely crafted volume of dark stories, translated from Arabic, French, and Dutch. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the geographic area of the book.
Santa Fe Noir
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighbourhood or location within the respective city. From the introduction by Ariel Gore: The stories in this collection reflect a fundamental truth about this city: history depends
The Third Squad: A Noir Novel
A dark, complex morality tale exploring the limits of justice in contemporary Mumbai.`The Third Squad` is an arresting, ripped-from-the-headlines noir novel that deftly explores how in recent decades, to ostensibly combat the rising tide of criminality in Mumbai`s underworld, the Indian Police Service has carried out many hundreds of extrajudicial assassinations of suspected criminals. Karan,
Buenos Aires Noir
Buenos Aires is a city of contrasts and contradictions, always on the edge of chaos, where multimillionaires and the destitute anxiously coexist in close quarters. Here, Argentina`s top writers explore a city influenced as much by criminality and smuggling as Borges and the tango.
City Mouse
Priced out of their Manhattan neighborhood, Jessica and Aaron move with their young daughters to the one place Jessica swore she`d never go: the suburbs. But to Jessica`s surprise, life in the commuter belt makes a great first impression. She quickly falls in with a clique of helpful mom friends who welcome her with pitchers
Prague Noir
While Prague might today be one of the world`s top tourist destinations, and a cosmopolitan capital of European culture, it remains an open-air monument to a history of violence. Here, Prague`s top writers explore the hidden corners of the `City of a Hundred Spires,` pulling back the curtain to reveal gloom and despair.
Sao Paulo Noir
On the heels of `Rio Noir`, beloved Brazilian rock star and best-selling novelist Tony Bellotto ushers another world-class city into the Akashic Noir Series. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the geographic area of the book.
Tehran Noir
Tehran is a juxtaposition of ugliness and beauty that breaks the heart. A place where not one but two inept dynasties came to miserable ends, and where, arguably, the third most important revolution in history (after the French and the Russian) was started. And it was where one of CIA`s first manufactured coups (with the
Memphis Noir
This instalment of Akashic`s Noir series is a rich volume of Southern urban noir exploring sides of Memphis that only the locals know, but often don`t reveal. From the introduction: “A city equal parts darkness and hope. A scarred city. An often violent one. But a resilient city too. That`s our Memphis.”
Rio Noir
This is no tourist guide, the city revealed in this book is a different Rio.`Rio Noir` will reveal more about this fabled city than news coverage will.The images of Rio de Janeiro are well known: high-rises aligned along white sandy beaches, a blue sea, freshwater lakes and luxurious forests that stretch through winding mountains of
Baghdad Noir
From `I Killed Her Because I Loved Her` by Muhsin al-Ramli: “The neighbourhood, timeless with its narrow, smelly lanes, seemed to have been forgotten since it came into being with the foundation of Baghdad in Abbasid times. The streets were pocked with potholes, noisy with the clamour of children playing and the clatter of peddlers`
Kansas City Noir
Kansas City: Where East and West collide. Where blues and the night go together like rye whiskey, vermouth and bitters. Kansas City is a surprising place of grit, gore and betrayal, at least in the imaginations of the contributors to `Kansas City Noir`…Each story peels back the city`s polite Midwestern exterior and digs deep to
Beirut Noir
On the heels of `Tel Aviv Noir` and `Tehran Noir`, the Akashic Noir series moves deeper into the Middle East.From the introduction by Humaydan: “Beirut is a city of contradiction and paradox. It is an urban and rural city, one of violence and forgiveness, memory and forgetfulness. Beirut is a city of war and peace.
