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The Swinging Bridge

A Novel

by Ramabai Espinet ...

Mona, a film researcher rooted in Montreal, vividly remembers that night in Trinidad when her father, Da-Da, in a drunken rage, threatened to kill her nine-year-old brother, Kello. Years later, a terminally ill Kello asks Mona to revisit their native island and reclaim the property that their family had left behind. As Mona returns to the Caribbean to confront her family's turbulent past, the ... Read more

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Mona, a film researcher rooted in Montreal, vividly remembers that night in Trinidad when her father, Da-Da, in a drunken rage, threatened to kill her nine-year-old brother, Kello. Years later, a terminally ill Kello asks Mona to revisit their native island and reclaim the property that their family had left behind. As Mona returns to the Caribbean to confront her family's turbulent past, the
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Trinidad Noir

by Robert Antoni, Elizabeth Nunez, Oonya Kempadoo, Ramabai Espinet, Shani Mootoo, Lawrence Scott ...

Series series Akashic Noir
Eighteen authors share dark mysteries set on the sunny Caribbean island in this anthology.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is compromised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the geographic area of the book. As reflected herein, the Caribbean provides no shelter ... Read more

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Eighteen authors share dark mysteries set on the sunny Caribbean island in this anthology.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is compromised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the geographic area of the book. As reflected herein, the Caribbean provides no shelter
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Kingston Noir

by Colin Channer ...

Series series Akashic Noir
"Subverts the simplistic sunshine/reggae/spliff-smoking image of Jamaica at almost every turn . . . with a rich interplay of geographies and themes." — Los Angeles TimesFrom Trench Town to Half Way Tree to Norbrook to Portmore and beyond, the stories of Kingston Noir shine light into the darkest corners of this fabled city.Joining award-winning Jamaican authors such as Marlon James, Leone Ross, ... Read more

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"Subverts the simplistic sunshine/reggae/spliff-smoking image of Jamaica at almost every turn . . . with a rich interplay of geographies and themes." — Los Angeles TimesFrom Trench Town to Half Way Tree to Norbrook to Portmore and beyond, the stories of Kingston Noir shine light into the darkest corners of this fabled city.Joining award-winning Jamaican authors such as Marlon James, Leone Ross,
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New Haven Noir

by Amy Bloom ...

Series series Akashic Noir
"In an Ivy League town, Bloom turns Yale's motto— Lux et Veritas—on its head, finding darkness and deceit in every corner of New Haven." — Kirkus ReviewsThe image of a charming college town serves New Haven well, but its natives know that the city has been built on a rich—and violent—history that still seeps out from between the cracks in the sidewalks and the halls of learning.Now, *New York ... Read more

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"In an Ivy League town, Bloom turns Yale's motto— Lux et Veritas—on its head, finding darkness and deceit in every corner of New Haven." — Kirkus ReviewsThe image of a charming college town serves New Haven well, but its natives know that the city has been built on a rich—and violent—history that still seeps out from between the cracks in the sidewalks and the halls of learning.Now, *New York
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Stockholm Noir

by Nathan Larson, Carl-Michael Edenborg, Unni Drougge, Inger Edelfeldt, Åke Edwardson, Torbjörn Elensky, Inger Frimansson, Carl Johan De Geer, Martin Holmén0, Malte Persson1, Anna-Karin Selberg2, Johan Theorin3, Lina Wolff4 ...

Series series Akashic Noir
Named a Pick of the Week for the week of February 29th by Publishers Weekly"Grouped under three headings, the 13 stories in this outstanding entry in Akashic's noir series capture the gloomy underside of Sweden's capital, portraying the hopelessness of those trapped in what Larson and Edenborg in their introduction call the city that devours your soul."--Publishers Weekly, Starred review"Coedited ... Read more

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Named a Pick of the Week for the week of February 29th by Publishers Weekly"Grouped under three headings, the 13 stories in this outstanding entry in Akashic's noir series capture the gloomy underside of Sweden's capital, portraying the hopelessness of those trapped in what Larson and Edenborg in their introduction call the city that devours your soul."--Publishers Weekly, Starred review"Coedited
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Zagreb Noir

by Darko Macan, Josip Novakovich, Ivan Vidić, Ružica Gašperov, Mima Simić, Robert Perisic, Pero Kvesić, Nada Gašić, Zoran Pilić, Andrea Žigić-Dolenec, Darko Milošić, Nora Verde, Ivan Sršen, Neven Ušumović ...

Series series Akashic Noir
"A must-read book by Croatian authors available in English. A collection of crime stories set across Zagreb, each one by a different Croatian writer."--Time Out (Croatia)"Zagreb, Croatia--its culture and its touchstones--will be terra incognita for many U.S. readers...Notable is Nora Verde's 'She-Warrior,' in which a young woman's carefully planned anarchist activities are smacked down by a triple ... Read more

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"A must-read book by Croatian authors available in English. A collection of crime stories set across Zagreb, each one by a different Croatian writer."--Time Out (Croatia)"Zagreb, Croatia--its culture and its touchstones--will be terra incognita for many U.S. readers...Notable is Nora Verde's 'She-Warrior,' in which a young woman's carefully planned anarchist activities are smacked down by a triple
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Tehran Noir

by Salar Abdoh ...

Series series Akashic Noir
Crime fiction set in Iran—including a finalist for the Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story." Tehran Noir is not only a solid crime collection, but an illuminating look into day-to-day life in the Middle East, with religious and political implications galore, as well as racial tensions bubbling just beneath the surface. . . . The stories in Tehran Noir aren't always easy to read, but they are ... Read more

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Crime fiction set in Iran—including a finalist for the Shamus Award for Best PI Short Story." Tehran Noir is not only a solid crime collection, but an illuminating look into day-to-day life in the Middle East, with religious and political implications galore, as well as racial tensions bubbling just beneath the surface. . . . The stories in Tehran Noir aren't always easy to read, but they are
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Singapore Noir

by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan ...

Series series Akashic Noir
The dark side of The Lion City is explored in a thrilling anthology that gives "plenty of new and unfamiliar voices a chance to shine" ( San Francisco Book Review).The island city-state of Singapore harbors unique customs and traditions largely unknown to the West. A booming economy and embrace of conformity overshadow its gambling dens, red-light districts, and a collective passion for ghostly ... Read more

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The dark side of The Lion City is explored in a thrilling anthology that gives "plenty of new and unfamiliar voices a chance to shine" ( San Francisco Book Review).The island city-state of Singapore harbors unique customs and traditions largely unknown to the West. A booming economy and embrace of conformity overshadow its gambling dens, red-light districts, and a collective passion for ghostly
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Haiti Noir 2

The Classics

by Edwidge Danticat ...

Series series Akashic Noir
Stories of crime and corruption set in this Caribbean country by Edwidge Danticat, Roxane Gay, Dany Laferrière, and more.These darkly suspenseful stories offer a deeper and more nuanced look at a nation that has been plagued by poverty, political upheaval, and natural disaster, yet endures even through the bleakest times. Filled with tough characters and twisting plots, they reveal the multitude ... Read more

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Stories of crime and corruption set in this Caribbean country by Edwidge Danticat, Roxane Gay, Dany Laferrière, and more.These darkly suspenseful stories offer a deeper and more nuanced look at a nation that has been plagued by poverty, political upheaval, and natural disaster, yet endures even through the bleakest times. Filled with tough characters and twisting plots, they reveal the multitude
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Indian Country Noir

by Sarah Cortez, Liz Martínez ...

Series series Akashic Noir
Fourteen brutal and passionate stories by both Native American and non-Native writers, including New York Times–bestselling author Lawrence Block.Step into Indian Country—which comprises the entire North American continent, from the uppermost reaches of Canada to the island of Puerto Rico. Enter the dark welter of troubled history throughout the Americas, where the heritage of violence meets the ... Read more

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Fourteen brutal and passionate stories by both Native American and non-Native writers, including New York Times–bestselling author Lawrence Block.Step into Indian Country—which comprises the entire North American continent, from the uppermost reaches of Canada to the island of Puerto Rico. Enter the dark welter of troubled history throughout the Americas, where the heritage of violence meets the
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D.C. Noir 2

The Classics

by Edward P. Jones, Marita Golden, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Julian Mayfield, Elizabeth Hand, James Grady, Ward Just ...

Series series Akashic Noir
In this anthology, uncover a century of dark mystery stories set in America's mighty capital.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of city-based noir anthologies launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is compromised of stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city in the book. The original D.C. Noir, a groundbreaking collection of new fiction by sixteen ... Read more

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In this anthology, uncover a century of dark mystery stories set in America's mighty capital.Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of city-based noir anthologies launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is compromised of stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city in the book. The original D.C. Noir, a groundbreaking collection of new fiction by sixteen
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The Temple of My Familiar

by Alice Walker ...

Series Book 2 - The Color Purple Collection
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author weaves a "glorious and iridescent" tapestry of interrelated lives in this New York Times bestseller ( Library Journal ).Includes a new letter written by the authorIn The Temple of My Familiar, Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of dozens of characters, all dealing in some way w... ... Read more

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning author weaves a "glorious and iridescent" tapestry of interrelated lives in this New York Times bestseller ( Library Journal ).Includes a new letter written by the authorIn The Temple of My Familiar, Celie and Shug from The Color Purple subtly shadow the lives of dozens of characters, all dealing in some way w...
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