Akashic Noir: Milwaukee Noir (Paperback)

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Essential reading for any literary-minded resident (or former resident) of Milwaukee, one of America's most overlooked cities. "Noir" here covers the seedy, the squalid, and the somewhat mysterious, not just the hard-boiled and the violent. And Milwaukee, with its crumbling industrial infrastruct...

from mike1990

As with all of Akashic's Noir Series anthologies, Milwaukee Noir is hit and miss. I do believe out of the 3 Noir books I've read, this is one was the most consistent. I'm not sure if it's because Milwaukee is kind of in the region of the country I live in, or not, but it's possible. These stories...

from thosgpetri

It is fun reading about a place you know thru experience, but I didn't know this Milwaukee. At least not the Milwaukee in this book. Yes, the places and street names were familiar and, people in Milwaukee misbehave as they do in other places. But I never felt as involved with the problem people a...

from mike1990

As with all of Akashic's Noir Series anthologies, Milwaukee Noir is hit and miss. I do believe out of the 3 Noir books I've read, this is one was the most consistent. I'm not sure if it's because Milwaukee is kind of in the region of the country I live in, or not, but it's possible. These stories...

from BradKautz

Milwaukee Noir is either the 9th or 10th book I've read in Ashakic Books Noir series, and it easily the second best of those I've experienced. First of all, the fourteen stories within the collection are almost all excellent. Suspenseful, with plausible but unexpected turns of their plots. And se...