âWonderfully, in Akashicâs Oakland Noir, the stereotypes about the city suffer the fate of your average noir characterâthey die brutally.â âSan Francisco Chronicle
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In the wake of San Francisco Noir, Los Angeles Noir, and Orange County Noirâall popular volumes in the Akashic Noir Seriesâcomes the latest California installment, Oakland Noir. Masterfully curated by Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller (the âCzar of Noirâ), this volume will shock, titillate, provoke, and entertain. The diverse cast of talented contributors will not disappoint.
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Oakland Noir offers stories by Nick Petrulakis, Kim Addonizio, Keenan Norris, Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, Katie Gilmartin, Dorothy Lazard, Harry Louis Williams II, Carolyn Alexander, Phil Canalin, Judy Juanita, Jamie DeWolf, Nayomi Munaweera, Mahmud Rahman, Tom McElravey, Joe Loya, and Eddie Muller.
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âFrom the Oakland hills to the heart of downtown, each story brings Oakland to life.â âSan Jose Mercury News
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âOakland is a natural for the series, with its shadowy crimes and disgruntled cops.â âZoom Street Magazine
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âSan Franciscoâs grittier next-door neighbor gets her day in the sun in 16 new stories in this tightly curated entry in Akashicâs Noir series. The hardscrabble streets of Oakland offer crime aplenty . . . Thompson and Muller have taken such pains to choose stories highlighting Oaklandâs diversity and history that the result is a volume rich in local culture as well as crime.â âKirkus Reviews
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