“L.A. people are very sophisticated, and, frankly, I don’t think they wanted a retread of Double Indemnity. They want to be amazed and impressed and told something they don’t know.” That’s crime novelist and anthology editor Denise Hamilton talking about the new Los Angeles Noir collection.
The anthology includes stories by Michael Connelly, Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Hector Tobar, Patt Morrison, Robert Ferrigno, Gary Phillips, Christopher Rice, Naomi Hirahara, Jim Pascoe, Scott Phillips, Diana Wagman, Lienna Silver, and Brian Ascalon Roley. Read Scott Timberg’s LAT story.



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