Noir

Noir fiction is a name given to a mode of crime fiction which can be regarded as a subset of the hardboiled style. In this sub-genre, the protagonist is usually not a detective, but instead either a victim, a suspect, or a perpetrator. He is someone tied directly to the crime, not an outsider called to solve or fix the situation. See also pulp noir.

New Releases Tagged "Noir"

Bronze Gods (Apparatus Infernum, #1)
Cold Days (The Dresden Files, #14)
Small Favor (The Dresden Files, #10)
Turn Coat (The Dresden Files, #11)
Sandman Slim (Sandman Slim, #1)
The Last Policeman
White Cat (Curse Workers, #1)
The Redbreast (Harry Hole, #3)
The Teleportation Accident
The City and the City
Dare Me
Locke and Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
Black Heart (Curse Workers, #3)
Rosemary and Rue (October Daye, #1)
The Dirty Streets of Heaven (Bobby Dollar, #1)
Donnybrook: A Novel

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  • Wraiths of the Broken Land by S. Craig Zahler
    Wraiths of the Broken Land
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    Release date: May 15, 2013
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    Release date: Jun 04, 2013
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    Giveaway dates: May 20 - May 27, 2013
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  • I Will Have Vengeance by Maurizio de Giovanni
    I Will Have Vengeance
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    Release date: Jan 07, 2013
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    Giveaway dates: May 01 - May 31, 2013
    5 copies available, 402 people requesting
    Countries available: US and CA
  • The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
    The Maltese Falcon
    The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
    The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
    Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
    The Postman Always Rings Twice
    Double Indemnity
    The Thin Man
    Red Harvest
    L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet #3)
    The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
    The Killer Inside Me
    The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
    The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
    The Big Nowhere (L.A. Quartet #2)
    Fergyville Episode 1 by Katina FergusonAnimal Farm by George OrwellCoraline by Neil GaimanDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
    Best Knock-out Novelettes - Novellas
    87 books — 115 voters
    Sex, Death & Honey by Brian KnightA Face Full of Ugly - From The Misadventures of Butch Quick by Brian KnightBig Trouble in Little Boots by Brian Knight
    The Misadventures of Butch Quick
    3 books — 2 voters

    Get Shorty by Elmore LeonardThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Second Bat Guano War by J.M. PorupThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe
    Crime Fiction That Really Rules
    14 books — 5 voters
    The Stand In by Brad GeagleyL.A. Confidential by James EllroyHollywood Horror by Carolyn KeeneHollywood Tough by Stephen J. CannellSilver Screams by Cynthia Manson
    Best Hollywood Mystery
    8 books — 4 voters

    On Borrowed Time by John DarlingDracula by Bram StokerThe Last Juror by John Grisham
    Into the Dark Desolate Night
    3 books — 1 voter
    Altered Carbon by Richard K. MorganThe Caves of Steel by Isaac AsimovTheocracide by James WymoreKiln People by David BrinThe Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
    Great Sci-Fi Detective Stories
    15 books — 13 voters


    China Miéville
    China Miéville The City and the City
    I was interested in steeping myself in both Eastern and Mid-European writing, and classic crime fiction. I was focused a lot on fidelity to the paradigm, so no "cheating," no last-minute evidence, no characters appearing at the last second, and so on. I wanted a fan of the genre to feel I'd played fair.
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    Dashiell Hammett
    The face she made at me was probably meant for a smile. Whatever it was, it beat me. I was afraid she'd do it again, so I surrendered
    Dashiell Hammett, The Continental Op

    Raymond Chandler
    You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that, oil and water were the same as wind and air to you. You just slept the big sleep, not caring about the nastiness of how you died or where you fell. Me, I was part of the nastiness now. Far more a part of it than Rusty Regan was.
    Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

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