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  <title><![CDATA[Los Angeles Noir (Akashic Noir)]]></title>
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  <default-description>&lt;p&gt;Brand-new stories by: Michael Connelly, Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Hector Tobar, Patt Morrison, Robert Ferrigno, Gary Phillips, Christopher Rice, Naomi Hirahara, Jim Pascoe, Scott Phillips, Diana Wagman, Lienna Silver, Brian Ascalon Roley, and Denise Hamilton. &lt;/p&gt; 		&lt;p&gt; 				&lt;strong&gt;Denise Hamilton&lt;/strong&gt; writes the Eve Diamond series. Her books have been shortlisted for the Edgar, Macavity, Anthony, and Willa Cather awards. The &lt;em&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/em&gt; named &lt;em&gt;Last Lullaby&lt;/em&gt; a Best Book of 2004, and it was also a &lt;em&gt;USA Today&lt;/em&gt; Summer Pick and a finalist for a Southern California Booksellers Association 2004 award. Her fourth Eve Diamond novel, &lt;em&gt;Savage Garden,&lt;/em&gt; is a &lt;em&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/em&gt; bestseller and was shortlisted for the Southern California Booksellers Association award for Best Mystery of 2005.&lt;/p&gt;</default-description>
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  <original-publication-month type="integer">5</original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">2007</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Los Angeles Noir (Akashic Noir)</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Denise Hamilton]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Leslie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A diverting anthology, though not exactly groundbreaking. The greatest excitement for me was recognizing the streets and haunts of my hometown (especially since I'm snowbound in Connecticut).  <br/><br/>Still... that's the best I can say about it?  A majority of the pieces in this collection were ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42278983">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Trin]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 29 17:26:00 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Apr 10 16:06:41 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The majority of these stories are bleak and nasty and depressing, and, okay: <em>noir</em>, but the best noir contains a hint of hope, a little <em>blanc</em> to contrast with the darkness, right? Okay, maybe not. Maybe I just have more tolerance for bleakness in a 90-minute film than in story after story in a 300-pa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7009567">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="7952264">
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 19 15:38:27 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Los Angeles and noir fiction are made for each other but this collection of short stories reads like a prose version of the made-for-television movies I remember from the '70s.  The stories are almost universally bland, unimaginative and formulaic.  Worse, most of the stories could have been set in ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7952264">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Feb 16 10:05:58 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[LIke most commercial anthologies these days, this one has more misses than hits. I like the Janet Fitch (White Oleanders) story about a young actress who turns out to be more lethal than a stalker, the Robert Ferrigno (Horse Latitudes) piece about a wounded thief limping to his destiny through the s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15565334">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="64149306">
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    <name><![CDATA[Chas]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Louisville, KY]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 19 17:54:24 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Jul 19 17:56:29 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love mystery/suspense/thriller stories, and this collection delivers. Check out the Mike Connelly, Patt Morrison, and Robert Ferrigno ones; they won't disappoint.]]></body>
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    <review id="45933059">
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    <name><![CDATA[Diana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Feb 10 09:12:13 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 13 19:12:49 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some of these little gems are really very well written and fun to read! There's nothing like a little noir to give some mystery and spook to real places right nearby.  I thought this was a fine collection of short stories delivering slivers of Los Angeles, and it was a perfect recommendation for som...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45933059">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="9176552">
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    <name><![CDATA[Greg]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Auburn, WA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Nov 15 22:08:31 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The anthology has it ups and downs.  While the authors are mostly Los Angeles residents, some of them don't seem well versed in noir, and their inclusion is more predicated on them being well established authors of the city.  “Dangerous Days” by Emory Holmes II  is a nasty tale of cops, ex-cons,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9176552">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47098722">
    <user id="118210">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Los Angeles, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[sad when noir can make you homesick.]]></body>
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    <review id="50843148">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nancy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Luis Obispo, CA]]></location>        
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    <body><![CDATA[Wildly uneven anthology.]]></body>
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    <review id="37795170">
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    <name><![CDATA[Amanda]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri May 15 12:02:35 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far I'm loving this book. Denise Hamilton has chosen a diverse selection of LA writers. The folks in this book update noir from discourse on struggles with masculinity, to struggles with urbanity and &quot;a civilizing&quot; force much more interesting than the traditional castrating bitch from t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37795170">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17330510">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nikki]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brunswick, ME]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sat Mar 08 14:40:54 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 08 14:54:25 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So far I've just read one story in this book, Susan Straight's Edgar-nominated The Golden Gopher. It made me wonder why I've never read more of her novels after enjoying <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=I've Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots" title="I've Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots">I've Been in Sorrow's Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots</a> so much. She has an incredible facility for getting a particular voice r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17330510">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14827410">
    <user id="167883">
    <name><![CDATA[Verenize]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lancaster, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 07 10:26:36 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 07 10:39:27 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Having grown up in the Los Angeles area I was able to visualize each setting in the stories, the streets of downtown L.A., the old mansions on Sunset, the boutiques on Los Feliz and the casinos in the city of industry. These stories pull you into their world and don't let go even after the story has...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14827410">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="35252753">
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    <name><![CDATA[Gayle]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really loved this 'mystery sampler' of stories taking place in and around L.A. Perfect reading material for people like me, who typically get to read a few pages here and there while they wait to pick up their kids.]]></body>
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    <review id="16263759">
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    <name><![CDATA[Nick]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very fun if you're an L.A.-lover.  I've become enamored of several new authors I hadn't heard of before, and I've bought their books as a result.  Quick, enjoyable, great beach reading....]]></body>
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    <review id="1134884">
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    <name><![CDATA[Michelle]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved it! A couple of the stories are weaker than others, otherwise I would have given it 5 stars. The collection paints a vividly bleak picture of LA. Noir is alive and well, baby!]]></body>
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    <review id="26505576">
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    <body><![CDATA[Another really good mystery/crime story anthology -- all set in Los Angeles.  The stories were so good that I scooped up the Las Vegas Noir collection from this series.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A top-notch collection of murder mysteries written by Los Angeles-based writers.  Each story takes place in a different neighborhood in Los Angeles County. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is LA at its seedy best.  I especially enjoyed the various real-life locations and situations. I am a Los Angeles native. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Why is it that books that take place in places we know well are so intriguing.  As an LA person born and bred I have to read this.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you like mysteries you'd enjoy this book. It is collection of short mysteries all set in the Los Angeles area.]]></body>
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