New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Akashic Books
08 July-Sept
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Akashic Books
JULY-SEPT 08
Lisa Allen-Agostini
Trinidad Noir (Akashic Noir)
Pbk published September 2008 by Akashic Books at £8.99
ISBN: 1933354550
Delivers all the crime readers can expect from Akashic's Noir Series: murder, kidnapping, rape, drugs, prostitution, theft, extortion and more. Yet, in fictionalising crime in the real settings of Trinidad, acclaimed authors Lawrence Scott, Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Ramabai Espinet, Keith Jardim, Tiphanie Yanique, Willi Chen and others, have created a decidedly literary noir collection. In their captivating and occasionally humorous stories, the Trinidad that emerges is as intriguing and contradictory as the island and its people.
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Armin J & Moore N (Ed)
Toronto Noir (Akashic Noir)
Pbk published July 2008 by Akashic Books at £9.99
ISBN: 193335450X
A multicultural nexus, Toronto's Indian, Portuguese, African, Italian and Chinese neighbourhoods are backdrops for Toronto Noir's corrosive exposes. In tales of stressed Beaches yuppies, jazz musicians stuck in the limbic Humber Loop and high-rollers committing lurid acts in Rosedale mansions, 16 of the city's best literary crime fiction writers lay bare the scars of a city that loves to hate itself.
Presents short stories about Toronto, including noir and crime fiction by writers such as Peter Robinson, Gail Bowen, Michael Redhill, and Kim Moritsugu.
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D
Cake
Pbk published September 2008 by Akashic Books at £9.99
ISBN: 1933354542
It's less than six months after the events of Got and the still-nameless narrator has vanished off the Brooklyn grid to end up in Atlanta, where he now lives with his ambitious but somewhat dim-witted cousin Durante. Flush with cash, he has enrolled in an Atlanta collge, transferred his credits and is doing his best to live a normal life. But when he meets Jennifer, a dark-skinned beauty putting herself through school via small-time dealing, he inadvertently sets off a series of events that once again sandwich them between the worlds of light and dark.
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Jarret Keene
Las Vegas Noir (Akashic Noir)
Pbk published July 2008 by Akashic Books at £9.99
ISBN: 1933354496
Las Vegas provides the classic sophistication and darkness necessary for a deadly noir story. Stylish, sultry, brimming with ambition and greed, the characters who populate this literary Las Vegas are pushed to the extremes of human experience. From the neon glitter of the Strip to the treacherous views of Red Rock Canyon and Boulder City, from the desperation of Naked City to the racial tensions of the Westside, no other location offers so many different avenues leading to serious trouble.
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Matthew Stokoe
High Life (Little House on the Bowery)
Pbk published September 2008 by Akashic Books at £9.99
ISBN: 1933354534
Hollywood, the city of dreams. Jack had one ambition: to become a famous star - in exactly what way, he didn't care. Instead he entered a world much seedier than anything he could have imagined, a world of drugs and crime, whores, snuff shows, incest, deceit and despair. His wife, a hooker, is found dead - murdered and disembowelled. During his search for the killer he meets Bella, a woman of immense wealth and sees a chance to make his dreams of money and fame come true. As it turns out, though, his nightmare is only beginning.
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