Akashic Noir: San Juan Noir (Paperback)

from Liz1564

San Juan Noir is another entry into the Noir series published by Akashic Books. I found these stories less compelling than others in the series because almost all of them dealt with the same topics, prostitution and drugs. After a while, one story blended into another and the only surprise was wh...

from campingmomma

After reading San Juan Noir I was left wanting. Wanting that one story that just touched my heart and soul. The closest I came to finding that feeling was in Death on the Scaffold by Nanette Becerra and A Killer Among Us by Manuel A. Melendez. Both contained the mysterious, edge of your seat, wha...

from Squeex

Anthologies. Hit or miss with me, sometimes in-between. This was the latter. First half was fab, second half didn't appeal to me. That doesn't mean it won't to a different reader. Noir is grim, no levity for the most part. Gritty and grimy. That definitely describes the stories in this book. Gut-...

from JerseyGirl21

When I first started reading this book the first word that came to my mind was "beautiful", the writers had me laughing out loud and in others just sitting back and watching from my minds eye. I love this book!

from RidgewayGirl

San Juan Noir is a collection of crime stories edited by Mayra Santos-Febres. Most were written originally in Spanish and there is a Spanish language edition available. This collection is slenderer than the other books in this series, but Santos-Febres has made up for this by choosing stories tha...