Akashic Noir: St. Louis Noir (Paperback)

from vasquirrel

St. Louis Noir did not disappoint. Very connected to the city as a backdrop AND silent (and not so silent) character in all of the stories. Great twists in every story -- not a disappointing one in the bunch. On a personal level, I may HAVE to stop reviewing this Noir series --- fantastic literat...

from bayleaf

St. Louis Noir, edited by Scott Phillips, is one of the better noir anthologies in the Akashic series and I've read quite a few. There's not a story I didn't like and the addition of poetry was particularly unique and appreciated. All of the stories Phillips chose to include were easy to understa...

from SamSattler

St. Louis Noir is just the latest of about a dozen of the short story collections in this Akashic series that I've read now, and the streak continues – not a single one of them has disappointed me. Each of the collections begins with an introduction from the book's editor (in this instance, Scott...

from Leischen

As usual, Akashic has another fine addition to their Cities Noir series-St Louis Noir. To be honest, the only author I recognized John Lutz who has a story about a dirt track racer that contains echoes of the noir film DOA. Another standout is Laura Benedict's tale of a woman going through tragic...

from lindapanzo

I've read a few others in this series, most recently Chicago Noir, and thought that this one did not compare favorably to the others. I tried 3 times but could not make myself get through all of these. Somehow, the stories here felt different than others in the series. I think that I'll skip this...