Synopses & Reviews
Fiction. BALTIMORE NOIR is an anthology featuring brand-new stories by David Simon, Laura Lippman, Tim Cockey, Rob Hiaasen, Robert Ward, Sujata Massey, Jack Bludis, Rafael Alvarez, Marcia Talley, Joseph Wallace, Lisa Respers France, Charlie Stella, Sarah Weinman, Dan Fesperman, Jim Fusilli, and Ben Neihart. "To live in Baltimore--Bulletmore, Murderland, according to one famous piece of graffiti--is to be aware of killing...Statistically, two people died while I was working on this foreword...Baltimore also has an odd geographic distinction. It is one of only two major U.S. cities that lies in no county. (St. Louis is the other.) Landlocked on every side but one, which is water, it cannot expand or annex. Squeezed this way, it is a perfect setting for noir, which depends on an almost Darwinian desperation among its players"--From the introduction by Laura Lippman.
Synopsis
Brand-new stories by: David Simon, Laura Lippman, Tim Cockey, Rob Hiaasen, Robert Ward, Sujata Massey, Jack Bludis, Rafael Alvarez, Marcia Talley, Joseph Wallace, Lisa Respers France, Charlie Stella, Sarah Weinman, Dan Fesperman, Jim Fusilli, and Ben Neihart.
Synopsis
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: David Simon, Laura Lippman, Tim Cockey, Rob Hiaasen, Robert Ward, Sujata Massey, Jack Bludis, Rafael Alvarez, Marcia Talley, Joseph Wallace, Lisa Respers France, Charlie Stella, Sarah Weinman, Dan Fesperman, Jim Fusilli, and Ben Neihart.
Synopsis
Bestselling mystery queenpin Laura Lippman and cohorts dissect their own city with a vengeance.
About the Author
Laura Lippman has lived in Baltimore most of her life, and she would have spent even more time there if the editors of the Sun had agreed to hire her earlier. She attended public schools and has lived in several of the city's distinctive neighborhoods, including Dickeyville, Tuscany-Canterbury, Evergreen, and South Federal Hill.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Way Things Used To Be
"Easy As A-B-C" by Laura Lippman (Locust Point)
"Fat Chance" by Robert Ward (Old Northwood)
"Pigtown Will Shine Tonight" by Jack Bludis (Pigtown)
"Over My Dead Body" by Rob Hiaasen (Fell's Point)
"The Invisible Man" by Rafael Alvarez (Highlandtown)
Part II: The Way Things Are
"Stainless Steel" by David Simon (Sandtown-Winchester)
"Home Movies" by Marcia Talley (Little Italy)
"Liminal" by Joseph Wallace (Security Boulevard-Woodlawn)
"Almost Missed It By a Hair" by Lisa Respers (France Howard Park)
"Ode to the O's" by Charlie Stella (Memorial Stadium)
"Don¹t Walk in Front of Me" by Sarah Weinman (Pikesville)
Part III: The Way Things Never Were
"As Seen on TV" by Dan Fesperman (Fells Point)
"The Haunting of Slink Ridgely" by Tim Cockey (Greenspring Valley)
"The Homecoming" by Jim Fusilli (Camden Yards)
"Frog Cycle" by Ben Neihart (Inner Harbor)
"Goodwood Gardens" by Sujata Massey (Roland Park)