Brand-new stories by: Desmond Barry, Ken Bruen, Stewart Home, Barry Adamson, Michael Ward, Sylvie Simmons, Daniel Bennett, Cathi Unsworth, Max Dcharn, Martyn Waites, Joolz Denby, John Williams, Jerry Sykes, Mark Pilkington, Joe McNally, Patrick McCabe, and Ken Hollings. Cathi Unsworth moved to Ladbroke Grove in 1987 and has stayed there ever since. She began a career in rock writing with "Sounds" and "Melody Maker," before co-editing the arts journal "Purr" and then "Bizarre" magazine. Her first novel, "The Not Knowing," was published by Serpent's Tail in August 2005.

"While few of the names in the 10th entry in the city noir anthology series that began with Brooklyn Noir (2004) will be familiar to American readers (where, for example, are Robert Barnard and John Harvey?), by way of compensation eight of the 17 contributions focus on punk rock. Ken Bruen, best known for his native Dublin settings, offers a sharp jab to the gut in 'Loaded.' Michael Ward's 'I Fought the Lawyer' profiles one of the worst blackmail schemes ever devised. Unsworth's tale, 'Trouble Is a Lonesome Town,' riffs nicely on the seedy PI who gets in over his head. Martyn Waites's 'Love' is a frightening portrait of a skinhead recruit. Joolz Denby's 'Sic Transit Gloria Mundi' effectively traces the arc of would-be punk stars from the country trying to find fame in the big city. If this volume doesn't match the quality of the best in the series, there are still pleasures to be found, especially for those into the contemporary London music scene." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

Cathi Unsworth moved to Ladbroke Grove in 1987 and has stayed there ever since. She began a career in rock writing with Sounds and Melody Maker, before coediting the arts journal Purr and then Bizarre magazine. Her first novel, The Not Knowing, was published by Serpent's Tail in August 2005.