{"product_id":"9781617751998","title":"USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series","description":"\"All the heavy hitters...came out for \u003ci\u003eUSA Noir\u003c\/i\u003e...an important anthology of stories shrewdly culled by Johnny Temple.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (Editors' Choice)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZoom Street Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e's Favorite Books of 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndie Books Roundup #1 Pick, \u003cb\u003eBarnes\u0026amp;Noble Book Blog\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded in \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoom Street Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e's Summer Reading (Mysteries\/Noir) Roundup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of \"100 Best Books for Readers Young and Old,\" \u003cb\u003eHispanicBusiness.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers will be hard put to find a better collection of short stories in any genre.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A must read for mystery fans, not just devotees of Akashic's 'Noir' series, this anthology serves as both an introduction for newcomers and a greatest-hits package for regular readers of the series… There isn’t a weak story in the collection...Strongly recommended for readers who enjoy mysteries published by Hard Case Crime, as well as for fans of police procedurals.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The 37 stories in this collection represent the best of the U.S.-based anthologies, and the list of contributors include virtually anyone who’s made the best-seller list with a work of crime fiction in the last decade...a must-have anthology.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It's hard to imagine how the present anthology could be topped for sheer marquee appeal...Perhaps the single most impressive feature of the collection is its range of voices, from Joyce Carol Oates' faux innocent young family to Megan Abbott's impressionable high school kids to the chorus of peremptory voices S.J. Rozan plants in a haunted thief's head. Eat your heart out, Walt Whitman: These are the folks who hear America singing, and moaning and screaming.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A less enlightened Temple cover collection of crime and mystery stories could easily reduce itself to stereotypical cartoons about white detectives with a whiskey bottle and a gun in the drawer but Akashic's series takes itself very seriously in its mission to represent all aspects of a city’s dark side.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Feature Story\/Interview with Johnny Temple\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For those who prefer their crime closer to home, there is \u003ci\u003eUSA Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, a veritable greatest hits of Akashic's long-running, acclaimed noir anthology series, rounding up solid gold blackness of the bleakest and darkest kind...Like Chuck Berry sang, 'Anything you want, we got right here in the USA.'\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMystery Scene Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaunched with the summer 2004 award-winning bestseller \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, the groundbreaking Akashic Noir series now includes over sixty volumes and counting. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the city of the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeaturing stories by:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis Lehane, Don Winslow, Michael Connelly, George Pelecanos, Susan Straight, Jonathan Safran Foer, Laura Lippman, Pete Hamill, Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Terrance Hayes, Jerome Charyn, Jeffery Deaver, Maggie Estep, Bayo Ojikutu, Tim McLoughlin, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Reed Farrel Coleman, Megan Abbott, Elyssa East, James W. Hall, J. Malcolm Garcia, Julie Smith, Joseph Bruchac, Pir Rothenberg, Luis Alberto Urrea, Domenic Stansberry, John O'Brien, S.J. Rozan, Asali Solomon, William Kent Krueger, Tim Broderick, Bharti Kirchner, Karen Karbo, and Lisa Sandlin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the introduction by \u003cb\u003eJohnny Temple\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"From the start, the heart and soul of Akashic Books has been dark, provocative, well-crafted tales from the disenfranchised. I learned early on that writings from outside the mainstream almost necessarily coincide with a mood and spirit of noir, and are composed by authors whose life circumstances often place them in environs exposed to crime...This volume serves up a top-shelf selection of stories from the series set in the United States. \u003ci\u003eUSA Noir\u003c\/i\u003e only scratches the surface, however, and every single volume has gems on offer.\"","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113625665776,"sku":"9781617751998","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617751998_p0.jpg?v=1769904699","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617751998","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}