Adios Muchachos
More Cuban noir from Akashic! (Following the success of Outcast by José Latour—nominated for Edgar, Anthony and Firecracker awards.)
Subject: Mysteries & Crime
Featured Mystery & Crime Titles
American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men
An exposé of an America no one is comfortable talking about: the volatile ground where male violence and sexuality overlap.
American Visa
Bolivia’s #1 novel is finally translated into English. Translated by Adrian Althoff, with an afterword by Ilan Stavans.
Andean Express
Bolivia’s preeminent fiction writer eclipses the successful English translation of American Visa with a riveting murder mystery. Translated by Adrian Althoff.
Black Orchid Blues
Front Page meets Harlem Nights: a riveting and racy historical mystery set in 1920s Harlem.
Boston Noir 2: The Classics
Dennis Lehane returns to coedit, with Cotton & Clarke, the sequel to the best-selling evergreen anthology Boston Noir.
Bronx Noir
The writers represented in Bronx Noir know the borough so well that, reading the book, you’ll smell it, feel it, see it, hear it.
Brooklyn Noir
New York’s punchiest borough asserts its criminal legacy with all new stories from a magnificent set of today’s best writers.
Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics
Brooklyn Noir is back with a vengeance, this time with the masters of yore: H.P. Lovecraft, Donald Westlake, Lawrence Block, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, and more!
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing but the Truth
Brooklyn Noir is back, this time with a true-crime vengeance.
Cake
The highly anticipated second title from Akashic’s groundbreaking street-lit imprint, The Armory, curated by author Kenji Jasper.
Cape Cod Noir
Malice and mayhem simmer beneath the surface of one of America’s favorite vacation areas.
Chicago Noir
This isn’t someone’s dream of Chicago. It’s not even a nightmare. It’s just the real city, unfiltered. Chicago Noir.
Cityside
Once one of New York’s most respected investigative reporters, Pulitzer Prize nominee Heffernan takes readers behind the scenes at a major New York newspaper.
The Cocaine Chronicles
The best fiction anthology of cocaine-themed tales to blow through in years, featuring all-new stories from Susan Straight, Lee Child, Jerry Stahl, Ken Bruen, Laura Lippman, Bill Moody, Nina Revoyr, and many more.
Copenhagen Noir (Denmark)
Scandinavian writing has come to dominate the global crime-fiction landscape, and this volume offers a delicious, devious sampling.
Curse the Names
Robert Arellano, author of the Edgar-nominated crime novel Havana Lunar, returns with another spine-tingling noir from Akashic Books.
DC Noir
Mystery sensation Pelecanos pens the lead story and edits this groundbreaking collection of stories detailing the seedy underside of the nation’s capital.
DC Noir 2: The Classics
From Ed Jones to Langston Hughes, Pelecanos explores DC’s historic malaise, following up the best-selling first volume of DC Noir.
The Dead Detective
Thirty-year-old homicide detective Harry Doyle—dubbed “The Dead Detective” by his fellow cops after he was murdered and revived at the age of ten—faces his most difficult case: a beautiful murder victim who was a notorious child molester.
Delhi Noir (India)
The legendary city of Delhi, India provides fertile ground for stories of darkness and despair.
Detroit Noir
Motor City’s finest literary talents—including Oates, Estleman, Holden, and Parrish—offer a shadowed spectrum of gripping, haunted visions.
The Dewey Decimal System
Debut novelist Larson presents the first book in a literary-noir series featuring an obsessive-compulsive protagonist in a ravaged New York City.
Dublin Noir (Ireland)
Irish crime-fiction sensation Ken Bruen and cohorts shine a light on the dark streets of Dublin.
The Eye of Cybele
The Ancient Greek thriller from the author of Adios Muchachos, winner of an Edgar Award.
Fighting in the Shade
A riveting novel of ideas exploring the perils of hazing and feverish masculinity on a high school football team.
Haiti Noir
Akashic recruits Danticat, one of the truly great contemporary writers, to edit this timely volume featuring stories set both before and after the devastating 2010 earthquake.
Havana Lunar
A literary crime novel on the last island of socialism, during a period of intense depseration.
Havana Noir (Cuba)
In the stories of Havana Noir current and former residents of the city uncover crimes of violence and loveless sex, of mental cruelty and greed, of self-preservation and collective hysteria.
Heart of the Old Country
Basis for the major motion picture The Narrows, starring Kevin Zegers, Vincent D’Onofrio, Sofia Bush, and Eddie Cahill.
Hell’s Kitchen
Armstead Maupin meets Carl Hiaasen in a brilliant black comedy that traces the paths of disparate characters floating through New York, about to collide in a treacherous story that will make you think twice about ever answering a classified ad.
The Heroin Chronicles
The latest entry in the Akashic Drug Chronicles Series. Heroin has long been understood as the most “literary” of narcotics, and this collection will, for better and worse, have tremendous pop cultural appeal.
Indian Country Noir
The sharpest, most stylized, and ambitious anthology of Native American literature ever published.
Istanbul Noir (Turkey)
The Akashic Noir Series moves fearlessly to the city hosting the European/Asian divide.
Kansas City Noir
Steve Paul recruits Daniel Woodrell, John Lutz, and others to examine the seedy underbelly of this complex Midwestern city.
Kingston Noir (Jamaica)
Following in the Caribbean footsteps of Haiti Noir and Trinidad Noir, now come dark stories from Jamaica’s capital city.
Las Vegas Noir
In this chilling portrait of America’s Sin City, lady luck is just as likely to dispense cold hard cash as a cold-hearted killing.
London Noir (England)
Serpent’s Tail novelist Unsworth shocks and awes with help from her London criminal-literary colleagues.
Lone Star Noir
Texas enters the Akashic Noir Series arena with a dazzling array of terrifying, well-crafted short fiction.
Long Island Noir
Stories covering Long Island’s extremes, from the comfortably rich to the horribly poor, and all darkness between.
Los Angeles Noir
Los Angeles Noir brings you tales of crime and passion and betrayal from some of the most innovative and celebrated writers working today.
Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics
The sequel to Los Angeles Noir, an award-winning Los Angeles Times best-seller.
Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics
Following the commercial success of the original Manhattan Noir, mystery titan Lawrence Block digs even deeper into the New York noir legacy.
Mexico City Noir (Mexico)
Mexico City enters the Noir Series arena, edited by one of Mexico’s most revered novelists.
Moscow Noir (Russia)
Moscow has been chomping at the bit to enter the Noir Series—with the intention of perpetrating extreme Russian menace.
Mumbai Noir (India)
Following the success of Delhi Noir and the film Slumdog Millionaire, Mumbai now enters the Noir Series arena.
The Nervous System
Larson’s antihero Dewey Decimal is back in this bombastic and soulful sequel to The Dewey Decimal System.
New Jersey Noir
Jonathan Safran Foer and Robert Pinsky join Joyce Carol Oates and other illustrious writers to explore Jersey noir.
New Orleans Noir
Beneath the glitter of Mardi Gras lies the sleaze of Bourbon Street; under the celestial sounds of JazzFest, the nightmare screams of a city once at war within its neighborhoods, but after Hurricane Katrina, seemingly at war with nature and the rest of the country as well.
Philadelphia Noir
Philly finally enters the Noir Series arena: the City of Brotherly Love becomes a City of Brotherly Malice.
Phoenix Noir
Lee Child, Diana Gabaldon, James Sallis, and others reveal how the scalding Arizona sun breeds its own unique blend of noir.
Pittsburgh Noir
Pittsburgh Noir roars forth, presenting the true underbelly of “the most livable city in America.”
The Plot Against Hip Hop
A bad-ass noir novel set in hip hop culture, by best-selling and critically-acclaimed author Nelson George.
Portland Noir
Explore the dark, rainy underbelly of one of America’s most beautiful but enigmatic cities.
Queens Noir
On the heels of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx, the borough of Queens enters the chambers of noir.
Rome Noir (Italy)
Rome provides a fertile setting for this groundbreaking collection of original stories, all translated from Italian.
San Diego Noir
San Diego may be known as “America’s finest city,” but its deadly alter ego is hereby exposed.
San Francisco Noir
San Francisco Noir lashes out with hard-biting tales exploring the shadowy nether regions of scenic “Baghdad by the Bay.”
San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics
Dashiell Hammett and William Vollmann are just two treats in this stellar sequel to the smash-hit original volume of San Francisco Noir.
Seattle Noir
Seattle’s evolution to high-finance and high-tech has provided greater opportunity to those with sinister intent.
South by South Bronx
Undistilled noir in the much-anticipated third novel from the American Book Award–winning Bronx native.
Southland
Nina Revoyr brings us a compelling story of race, love, murder, and history against the backdrop of Los Angeles.
The Speed Chronicles
Following the international success of the Noir Series, this volume marks the launch of a new drug-based sister series.
The Spring Thrills Digit
Excerpts from By the Balls: The Complete Collection by Jim Pascoe and Tom Fassbender, Heart of the Old Country by Tim McLoughlin, Southland by Nina Revoyr, and The Plot Against Hip Hop by Nelson George.
St. Petersburg Noir (Russia)
Following Akashic’s success with Moscow Noir, this new volume explores the dark beating heart of Russia’s cultural mecca.
Staten Island Noir
New York’s fifth borough finally enters the Noir Series arena, completing the series tour of the world’s noirest city.
Suicide Casanova
The critically acclaimed psychological drama from the author of the cult classic The Fuck-Up and Manhattan Loverboy.
A Time Gone By
A historical mystery by bestseller Heffernan in the tradition of Chandler and Hammett.
Trinidad Noir
The Caribbean provides no shelter from the delicious terror of the Akashic Noir Series.
The Uncomfortable Dead (What’s Missing is Missing)
A stylized reissue of the acclaimed, surreal noir collaboration between Mexico’s greatest writer and its most courageous revolutionary.
The Weeping Buddha
National Book Award–nominee Heather Dune Macadam presents her first mystery as alluring as a Buddhist Koan.
When Johnny Came Marching Home
In Heffernan’s best novel to date, a young, one-armed Civil War veteran investigates the death of a troubled fellow soldier in 1860s Vermont and Virginia.
Forthcoming Titles
Manila Noir (Philippines)
Forthcoming: 6/4/13
Fresh noir from one of the most intense, congested, and overpopulated cities in the world.
The Marijuana Chronicles
Forthcoming: 7/2/13
Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, Linda Yablonsky, and others take short fiction to a higher level (though they don’t inhale).
Twin Cities Noir: The Expanded Edition
Forthcoming: 8/6/13
An expanded edition—with brand-new stories added to the fourth printing of this best-selling Noir Series installment.
Buffalo Noir
Forthcoming: 8/6/13
Lawrence Block, Joyce Carol Oates, John Wray, and others present original stories from the dark side of New York’s second most populous city.
USA Noir
Forthcoming: 11/5/13
The best USA-based stories in the Akashic noir series, compiled into one volume and edited by Johnny Temple!
Haiti Noir 2: The Classics
Forthcoming: 1/7/14
The best anthology of classic Haitian fiction ever assembled, unparalleled in scope.
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