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.
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Evil Genius
All the Sinners Bleed
Wolf Hour
Evil Genius
A Gambling Man (Archer, #2)
Small Mercies
Shadow Ticket
Hildur (Hildur, #1)
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer
Las madres (Elena Blanco, #4)
Hidden in Memories (The Åre Murders #3)
Venetian Vespers
Halcyon Years
The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne
Rósa & Björk (Hildur, #2)
Blood Ties (Kongeriket, #2)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Maltese Falcon
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
Double Indemnity (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
The Thin Man
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
The Killer Inside Me
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
In a Lonely Place

I don’t like anything pointing at me, dollface, that includes an umbrella, a finger, or a gun, got it?
A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

Susan  Rowland
He says it was tourists being careless, where I see a fiendishly clever murder attempt.” “Mr. McCarthy, you’d better explain.” “Patrick, please. You’ll be tempted to laugh. It was a banana skin.
Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

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