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Publish Date
Publisher
Akashic Books
Language
English
Pages
518

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Cover of: USA Noir
USA Noir: Best of the Akashic noir series
2013, Akashic Books
in English
Cover of: USA Noir
USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series
2013, Akashic Books
in English

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Table of Contents

Front Matter
Johnny Temple. Introduction
Page 11
Part I: True Grit
Dennis Lehane. Animal Rescue
Page 17
George Pelecanos. The Confidential Informant
Page 36
Susan Straight. The Golden Gopher
Page 52
Pete Hamill. The Book Signing
Page 86
Joyce Carol Oates. Run Kiss Daddy
Page 86
Terrance Hayes. Still Air
Page 100
Jerome Charyn. White Trash
Page 112
Part II: American Values
Maggie Estep. Alice Fantastic
Page 119
Bayo Ojikutu. The Gospel of Moral Ends
Page 131
Tim McLoughlin. When All This Was Bay Ridge
Page 145
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett. Crazy for You
Page 155
Reed Farrel Coleman. Mastermind
Page 170
Karen Karbo. The Clown and Bard
Page 180
Part III: Road Rage
Michael Connelly. Mulholland Drive
Page 195
Megan Abbott. Our Eyes Couldn't Stop Opening
Page 208
Lee Child. Public Transportation
Page 220
Jonathan Safran Foer. Too Near Real
Page 225
James W. Hall. Ride Along
Page 236
Elyssa East. Second Chance
Page 248
Part IV: Homeland Security
Don Winslow. After Thirty
Page 265
J. Malcolm Garcia. Missing Gene
Page 275
Julie Smith. Loot
Page 290
Domenic Stansberry. The Prison
Page 304
Joseph Bruchac. Helper
Page 315
Laura Lippman. Easy As A-B-C
Page 329
Pir Rothenberg. The Rose Red Vial
Page 337
Part V: Under the Influence
Luis Alberto Urrea. Amapola
Page 355
John O'Brien. The Tik
Page 371
S.J. Rozan. Lighthouse
Page 379
Asali Solomon. Secret Pool
Page 393
William Kent Krueger. Bums
Page 405
Part VI: Street Justice
T. Jefferson Parker. Vic Primeval
Page 417
Tim Broderick. Feeding Frenzy
Page 433
Bharti Kirchner. Promised Tulips
Page 452
Lawrence Block. If You Can't Stand the Heat
Page 469
Lisa Sandlin. Phelan's First Case
Page 477
Jeffery Deaver. A Nice Place to Visit
Page 493

Edition Notes

Series
Akashic Noir series
Other Titles
United States of America noir, United States noir
Copyright Date
2013

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.087208
Library of Congress
PS648.N64, PS648.N64 U84 2013, PS648.N64U84 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
518 pages
Number of pages
518

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27153446M
Internet Archive
usanoirbestofaka0000unse
ISBN 10
1617751847
ISBN 13
9781617751844
LCCN
2013938529
OCLC/WorldCat
833301418

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