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O-H-Oh-No! Fourteen storytellers reveal a gritty side to C-Bus in this collection of crime tales. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. With stories by: Lee Martin, Robin Yocum, Kristen Lepionka, Craig McDonald, Chris Bournea, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Tom Barlow, Mercedes King, Daniel Best, Laura Bickle, Yolonda Tonette Sanders, Julia Keller, Khalid Moalim, and Nancy Zafris. Praise for Columbus Noir âMoments of humanity shine through in many of the tales in this collection, and epic takes on pride and greed make many of the stories in this collection go beyond small miseries into the realm of Shakespearian tragedy. Urgent, beautiful, and not to be missed.â âCrimeReads, included in CrimeReadsâ Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020 âThis superior Akashic noir anthology gathers 14 dark snapshots of Ohioâs capital, a very dangerous place indeed, with heavy drug use and murder touching down everywhere, from the German Village neighborhood to the statehouse. One highlight is Craig McDonaldâs âCurb Appeal,â one of several invoking the homicidal search for housing. In the editorâs effective âGoing Places,â a security man who covers up affairs for the governor gets pulled into a murder plot . . . . Noir fans should be well satisfied.â âPublishers Weekly |
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