Friday, August 11, 2006

Mystery Book Review

Twin Cities Noir

A book of short stories primarily set in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Many of the authors have written crime fiction: William Kent Krueger, Judith Guest, David Housewright, Ellen Hart and others.

BUMS, by William Kent Krueger, tells the story of 2 bums that hang out together until one gets murdered. The second bum tries to get justice for his friend with unfortunate results.

Akashic Books is a small publishing company offering a series of original noir anthologies set in different locations. Starting with Brooklyn Noir, 8 books have been published since 2004 and another 7 anthologies are in the works.
See the website: http://www.akashicbooks.com/noirseries.htm

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