If you love the grit, grime and sultry sweat of a good piece of noir fiction, the Akashic Noir series is for you. Akashic Books is an independent publisher based in Brooklyn, and begun by musician Johnny Temple, the former bassist for long-running post-hardcore band Girls Against Boys. Temple founded Akashic Books in 1996, with the goal of publishing shining writing stars who might otherwise go overlooked, particularly in the arenas of urban literary fiction and political non-fiction.

Following the stunning success of the summer '04 award-winning bestseller Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books launches a groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies. Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.

List of Books:

Baltimore Noir - edited by Laura Lippman
Barcelona Noir - edited by Adriana V. Lopez
Bronx Noir - edited by S. J. Rozan
Brooklyn Noir - edited by Tim McLoughlin
Cape Cod Noir - edited by David L. Ulin
Chicago Noir - edited by Neal Pollack
Copenhagen Noir - edited by Bo Tao Michaelis
Delhi Noir - edited by Hirsh Sawhney
Detroit Noir - edited by E. J. Olsen
Dublin Noir - edited by Ken Bruen
Haiti Noir - edited by Edwidge Danticat
Havana Noir - edited by Achy Obejas
Istanbul Noir - edited by Mustafa Ziyalan
Las Vegas Noir - edited by Jarret Keene
Lone Star Noir - edited by Bobby Byrd
Los Angeles Noir - edited by Denise Hamilton
Brooklyn Noir 2 - edited by Tim McLoughlin
D.C. Noir - edited by George Pelecanos
Kansas City Noir - edited by Steve Paul
Kingston Noir - edited by Colin Channer
London Noir - edited by Cathi Unsworth
Long Island Noir - edited by Kaylie Jones