Columbus Noir

Description

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies with Columbus Noir. Brand-new stories by: Lee Martin, Robin Yocum, Kristen Lepionka, Craig McDonald, Chris Bournea, Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Tom Barlow, Mercedes King, Daniel Best, Laura Bickle, Yolonda Tonette Sanders, Julia Keller, Khalid Moalim, and Nancy Zafris.

Andrew Welsh-Huggins, an editor and reporter for the Associated Press in Columbus, is the author of nonfiction books on the death penalty and terrorism, and six novels about private eye Andy Hayes, an ex-Ohio State and Cleveland Browns quarterback turned investigator. Welsh-Huggins's short story The Murderous Type won the 2017 Al Blanchard Award for best New England short crime fiction.

This entry in Akashic's signature series is solid and brings attention to a growing metropolis that is claiming homegrown crime-fiction talent. Columbus may not be as exotic as Belfast, Havana, or Baghdad, but this collection demonstrates that it is equally as sinister. --The Rap Sheet This superior Akashic noir anthology gathers 14 dark snapshots of Ohio's capital, a very dangerous place indeed, with heavy drug use and murder touching down everywhere, from the German Village neighborhood to the statehouse...Noir fans should be well satisfied. --Publishers Weekly The latest stage in Akashic's master plan to paint the world black is marked by 14 new stories...and the different shades of noir they invoke, from light gray to pitch black. --Kirkus Reviews Very appealing. --The Cyberlibrarian