"Despite Pittsburgh being labeled the country's most livable city, the fictional citizens populating the 14 high quality stories in Akashic's noir anthology centered on the Steel City have the same dreams, frustrations, passions, and vices as anyone else."
--Publishers Weekly

"Pittsburgh hasn't inspired many crime novelists to use its haunts for settings in the way that Boston, Baltimore, Seattle and even Cleveland have. Now that's changed with the publication of Pittsburgh Noir, an anthology of short stories by writers who draw on the cityscape to ground their...

"Readers should be prepared to keep the lights on at night after finishing this unnerving collection."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"A gripping collection...Whether you are already a fan of the gloomy Finns or are new to the uniquely sinister aspect of Scandinavian literature, this book will provide steady entertainment."
--Reviewing the Evidence
"This is a good collection of all kinds of stories."
--Journey of a Bookseller
"Mystery and true crime readers will appreciate the styles from all over the world, and embrace the darkness that every culture shares--no matter how hard...

"The works are short, allowing readers to savor each snippet or devour the entire compelling book in a day, depending on just how deliciously gloomy they're feeling."
--"Shelf Awareness," Starred review
"All the stories are compelling and well executed...Great writing for fans of noir and short stories, with some tales close to perfection."
--"Library Journal," Starred review
" "Belfast Noir"] zooms in on Northern Ireland's capital city, whose history surely more than qualifies it as a breeding ground for noir."
--"Booklist"
"The choices made by editors McKinty and...

"Humaydan writes in her introduction to this haunting anthology that 'all of the stories are somehow framed by the Lebanese civil war, which lasted from approximately 1974 until 1990....' The crimes in this Akashic noir volume are often submerged in the greater tragedy of a beautiful city constantly torn within and without by violence."
--"Publishers Weekly"
"The stories' individual approaches to noir are as diverse as the Beirut landscape, its residents and exiles."
--Middle East Monitor
"In "Beirut Noir," Iman Humaydan has selected a beautiful and often heartbreaking jigsaw...

"Atlanta has its share, maybe more than its share, of prosperity. But wealth is no safeguard against peril...Creepy as well as dark, grim in outlook...Hints of the supernatural may make these tales...appealing to lovers of ghost stories."
--Kirkus Reviews

"These stories, most of them by relative unknowns, offer plenty of human interest...All the tales have a Southern feel."
--Publishers Weekly

"Jones, author of Leaving Atlanta, returns to the South via Akashic's ever-growing city anthology series. The collection features stories from an...

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.

Brand-new stories by: Chaim Cigan, Martin Goffa, Irena Hejdova, Michaela Klevisova, Stěpan Kopřiva, Ondrej Neff, Marketa Pilatova, Jiri "Walker" Prochazka, Petra Soukupova, Petr Stančik, Michal Sykora, Petr Sabach, Kateřina Tučkova, and Milos Urban.

While Prague might today be one of the world's top tourist destinations, and a cosmopolitan capital of...