| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, map. |
| Series |
Akashic noir series |
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Akashic noir series.
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| Note |
Collection of fictional stories set in Kansas City. |
| Summary |
"Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book is comprised of all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. In Kansas City noir, naked ambition meets broken dreams, and blues and the night go together like rye whiskey, vermouth, and bitters."--Back cover. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Steve Paul -- Missing gene / J. Malcolm Garcia -- Cat in a box / Kevin Prufer -- Mission Hills confidential / Grace Suh -- Come murder me next, babe / Daniel Woodrell -- The softest crime / Matthew Eck -- You shouldn't be here / Philip Stephens -- The incident / Catherine Browder -- The good neighbor / Linda Rodriguez -- Thelma and Laverne / John Lutz -- Lightbulb / Nancy Pickard -- Yesterdays / Andrés Rodríguez -- Last night at the Rialto / Mitch Brian -- Charlie Price's last supper / Nadia Pflaum -- Pendergast's last musket / Phong Nguyen -- About the authors. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- Missouri -- Kansas City.
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Detective and mystery stories, American.
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Noir fiction, American.
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Kansas City (Mo.) -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- General.
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American fiction. (OCoLC)fst00807048
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Detective and mystery stories, American. (OCoLC)fst00891483
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Noir fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst01038353
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Missouri -- Kansas City.
(OCoLC)fst01204999
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Added Author |
Paul, Steve. Editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kansas City noir. New York : Akashic Books, ©2012 9781617751288 (OCoLC)783152825 |
| ISBN |
9781617751448 (electronic bk.) |
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1617751448 (electronic bk.) |
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