Palm Springs Noir
Palm Springs now joins Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley in California’s Noir Series arena.

“Contrary to popular belief, noir doesn’t require a bleak city street for its setting. Nor water, for that matter. Noir thrives on secrets, lies and lust, all flowing plentifully through the jewel in the Coachella Valley’s fragile crown . . . For all the playfulness of the genre and the location, the wisecracks and the kidney-shaped pools, there is an unmanageable darkness waiting to seep in, like so much blood in the pool water.” —Los Angeles Times

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.

Brand-new stories by: T. Jefferson Parker, Janet Fitch, Eric Beetner, Kelly Shire, Tod Goldberg, Michael Craft, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Rob Roberge, J.D. Horn, Eduardo Santiago, Rob Bowman, Chris J. Bahnsen, Ken Layne, and Alex Espinoza.

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Palm Springs Noir
Palm Springs now joins Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley in California’s Noir Series arena.

“Contrary to popular belief, noir doesn’t require a bleak city street for its setting. Nor water, for that matter. Noir thrives on secrets, lies and lust, all flowing plentifully through the jewel in the Coachella Valley’s fragile crown . . . For all the playfulness of the genre and the location, the wisecracks and the kidney-shaped pools, there is an unmanageable darkness waiting to seep in, like so much blood in the pool water.” —Los Angeles Times

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.

Brand-new stories by: T. Jefferson Parker, Janet Fitch, Eric Beetner, Kelly Shire, Tod Goldberg, Michael Craft, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Rob Roberge, J.D. Horn, Eduardo Santiago, Rob Bowman, Chris J. Bahnsen, Ken Layne, and Alex Espinoza.

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Palm Springs Noir

Palm Springs Noir

by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett (Editor)
Palm Springs Noir

Palm Springs Noir

by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett (Editor)

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Overview

Palm Springs now joins Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley in California’s Noir Series arena.

“Contrary to popular belief, noir doesn’t require a bleak city street for its setting. Nor water, for that matter. Noir thrives on secrets, lies and lust, all flowing plentifully through the jewel in the Coachella Valley’s fragile crown . . . For all the playfulness of the genre and the location, the wisecracks and the kidney-shaped pools, there is an unmanageable darkness waiting to seep in, like so much blood in the pool water.” —Los Angeles Times

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.

Brand-new stories by: T. Jefferson Parker, Janet Fitch, Eric Beetner, Kelly Shire, Tod Goldberg, Michael Craft, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Rob Roberge, J.D. Horn, Eduardo Santiago, Rob Bowman, Chris J. Bahnsen, Ken Layne, and Alex Espinoza.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781617759284
Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
Publication date: 07/06/2021
Series: Akashic Noir Series
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 980,547
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

BARBARA DeMARCO-BARRETT spends time in the desert whenever she can. She hosts Writers on Writing on KUCI-FM, and her book Pen on Fire was a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Her short story “Crazy for You” was published in USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series. She has also published in the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Inlandia, Shotgun Honey, Crossing Borders, and The Literary Hatchet. She is the editor of Palm Springs Noir.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Strangers in the Night

“Sunrise” by Janet Fitch (South Palm Canyon)

“The Guest” by Eric Beetner (Historic Tennis Club)

“A Cold Girl” by Kelly Shire (Cathedral City)

Part II: Little White Lies

 “VIP Check-In” by Michael Craft (Little Tuscany)

“The Water Holds You Still” by Barbara DeMarco-Barrett (Twin Palms)

“The Expendables” by Rob Roberge (Wonder Valley)

Part III: Everything Happens to Me

“The Stand-In” by J.D. Horn (Deepwell)

“The Ankle of Anza” by Eduardo Santiago (Anza)

“Everything Drains and Disappears” by Rob Bowman (Bermuda Dunes)

“A Career Spent Disappointing People” by Tod Goldberg (Indio)

Part IV: Ill Wind

“Specters” by T. Jefferson Parker (Anza-Borrego)

“Octagon Girl” by Chris J. Bahnsen (Desert Hot Springs)

“The Loop Trail” by Ken Layne (Joshua Tree)

“The Salt Calls Us Back” by Alex Espinoza (Salton Sea)

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