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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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