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Dana Cameron, “Femme Sole”
Macavity Award Finalist 2010
Dana Cameron, “Femme Sole”
Agatha Award Finalist 2009
Dana Cameron, “Femme Sole”
Bronx Noir
Winner, New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association
Book of the Year Award, Special Category 2008
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
S.J. Rozan, “Hothouse”
Brooklyn Noir
Edgar Award Finalist 2005
Pete Hamill, “The Book Signing”
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winner 2005
Thomas Morrissey, “Can’t Catch Me”
Shamus Award Winner 2005
Pearl Abraham, “Hasidic Noir”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2005
Tim McLoughlin, “When All This Was Bay Ridge”
Lou Manfredo, “Case Closed”
Anthony Award Finalist 2005
Arthur Nersesian, “Hunter/Trapper”
Pushcart Prize Finalist 2005
Ellen Miller, “Practicing”
DC Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007
Robert Andrews, “Solomon’s Alley”
Detroit Noir
Shamus Award Finalist 2008
Loren D. Estleman, “Kill the Cat”
Kansas City Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
Nancy Pickard, “Lightbulb”
Las Vegas Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
David Corbett, “Pretty Little Parasite”
Vu Tran, “This or Any Desert”
Lone Star Noir
Shamus Award Finalist 2011
Lisa Sandlin, “Phelan’s First Case”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2011
David Corbett & Luis Alberto Urrea, “Who Stole My Monkey?”
Long Island Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
Nick Mamatas, “The Shiny Car in the Night”
Los Angeles Noir
Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Winner 2007
Edgar Award Winner 2008
Susan Straight, “The Golden Gopher”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
Michael Connelly, “Mulholland Dive”
Robert Ferrigno, “The Hour When the Ship Comes In”
Manhattan Noir
Edgar Award Finalists 2007
S.J. Rozan, “Building”
Thomas H. Cook, “Rain”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007
Robert Knightly, “Take the Man’s Pay”
Miami Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007
John Bond, “T-bird”
New Jersey Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2012
Lou Manfredo, “Soul Anatomy”
New Orleans Noir
Shamus Award Finalist 2008
James Nolan, “Open Mike”
Paris Noir
Edgar Award Finalist 2009
Dominique Mainard, “La Vie en Rose”
Philadelphia Noir
Macavity Award Finalist 2011
Keith Gilman, “Devil’s Pocket”
Phoenix Noir
Edgar Award Winner 2010
Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”
Anthony Award Finalist 2010
Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”
Macavity Award Finalist 2010
Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”
Shamus Award Finalist 2010
Gary Phillips, “Blazin’ on Broadway”
Queens Noir
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winner 2009
Joe Guglielmelli, “Buckner’s Error”
San Diego Noir
Southern California Independent Booksellers Association
Award Finalist 2011
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2012
T. Jefferson Parker, “Vic Primeval”
San Francisco Noir
Macavity Award Finalist 2006
David Corbett, “It Can Happen”
Staten Island Noir
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winner 2013
Patricia Smith, “When They Are Done with Us”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
Patricia Smith, “When They Are Done with Us”
Toronto Noir
Arthur Ellis Award Winner 2009
Pasha Malla, “Filmsong”
Arthur Ellis Award Finalist 2009
Peter Robinson, “Walking the Dog”
Twin Cities Noir
Shamus Award Finalist 2007
Bruce Rubenstein, “Smoke Got in My Eyes”
Venice Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
Emily St. John Mandel, “Drifter”
Wall Street Noir
Derringer Award Finalist 2008
Twist Phelan, “A Trader’s Lot”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
Stephen Rhodes, “At the Top of His Game”
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