All original stories from Paris' finest authors, all translated from French.Brand-new stories by: Didier Daeninckx, Jean-Bernard Pouy, Marc Villard, Chantal Pelletier, Patrick Pecherot, Herve Prudon, Salim Bachi, Jerome Leroy, and others.Paris Noir takes you on a ride through the old medieval center of town with its intertwined streets, its ghosts, and its secrets buried in history. You'll meet a driver with a big heart who decides to save a beaten prostitute by all means necessary, a politician knowing too much living his lasts moments in a French brasserie full of cigarette smoke, old and tired mobsters settling scores in Pigalle on Christmas Eve.But Paris Noir is not only an homage to the crime genre, to Melville and Godard, it's also an invitation to French fiction . . . Crime, gunfights, twisted love stories, and shattered dreams, Paris Noir offers an explosive and poetic cocktail.