false 5083640 1 <p>Early Seattle was a hardscrabble seaport filled with merchant sailors, longshoremen, rowdy saloons, and a police force not immune to corruption and graft. Present-day Seattle has become a pricey, cosmopolitan center, home to Microsoft and Starbucks' latte-lovers.</p> <p>Brand-new stories by: G.M. Ford, Skye Moody, R. Barri Flowers, Tom Hopp, Patricia Harrington, Bharti Kirchner, Kathleen Alcalá, Simon Wood, Brian Thornton, Lou Kemp, Curt Colbert, Robert Lopresti, Paul S. Piper, and Waverly Fitzgerald.</p> <p>Editor <strong>Curt Colbert</strong> is the author of the Jake Rossiter & Miss Jenkins mysteries, a series of hard-boiled, private detective novels set in 1940s Seattle. The first book, <em>Rat City</em>, was nominated for a Shamus Award in 2001. A Seattle native, Colbert still resides in his hometown.</p> 5150358 1 6 2009 Seattle Noir (Akashic Noir) total:7|5:0|4:1|3:4|2:2|1:0| 7 20 36 1 3 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 10:43:49 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 10:49:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Nov 07 14:42:45 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 14:42:45 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 17:41:54 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 17:42:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 16:31:02 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 16:31:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 29 10:23:32 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 10:23:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 18:43:35 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 18:43:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 14:23:12 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 14:23:12 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Oct 03 09:34:30 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 09:06:39 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 09:34:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 14 11:11:17 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 11:11:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 14:08:36 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 14:08:44 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 17:48:04 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 17:48:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 21:13:32 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 21:13:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 29 17:02:54 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 17:02:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 18:01:02 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 18:01:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 16 11:01:56 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 11:01:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 15 15:28:46 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 15:28:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 10 12:37:31 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 10:11:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 06 21:17:45 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 21:17:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 06 17:03:50 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 06:52:19 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 17:03:50 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 22:17:04 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 21:45:09 -0700 2009