โWonderfully, in Akashicโsย Oakland Noir, the stereotypes about the city suffer the fate of your average noir characterโthey die brutally.โ โSan Francisco Chronicle
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In the wake ofย San Francisco Noir, Los Angeles Noir,ย andย Orange County Noirโall popular volumes in the Akashic Noir Seriesโcomes the latest California installment,ย Oakland Noir.ย Masterfully curated by Jerry Thompson and Eddie Muller (the โCzar of Noirโ), 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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โFrom the Oakland hills to the heart of downtown, each story brings Oakland to life.โ โSan Jose Mercury News
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โOakland is a natural for the series, with its shadowy crimes and disgruntled cops.โ โZoom Street Magazine
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โSan Franciscoโs grittier next-door neighbor gets her day in the sun in 16 new stories in this tightly curated entry in Akashicโs Noir series. The hardscrabble streets of Oakland offer crime aplentyย .ย .ย . Thompson and Muller have taken such pains to choose stories highlighting Oaklandโs diversity and history that the result is a volume rich in local culture as well as crime.โ โKirkus Reviews