Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

This is the first book in the series I have read, and now I need to find more of them!

I saw this in a book shop in Palm Springs in December 2022 while on holiday, and was immediately taken by the concept. Bought the book, to take home as a souvenir.

'Palm Springs Noir' is quite possibly the most enjoyable collection of short stories I have ever read - high quality writing throughout, and is the nature of the genre, one twist after another. If I had to pick a favourite, it would be Eric Beetner's 'The Guest'.… (mais)

This was another fantastic installment in the Akashic Noir series, and probably one of my favorites in the series so far. It offered up a number of new authors whose work I'm going to enjoy looking up in the future, as well, which is always a sign of a great anthology (in my opinion, at least). My standout favorites were "A Cold Girl" by Kelly Shire, "Everything Drains and Disappears" by Rob Bowman, "A Career Spent Disappointing People" by Tod Goldberg, "Octagon Girl" by Chris J. Bahnsen, and "The Salt Calls Us Back" by Alex Espinoza.

As always, the book left me looking forward to more collections in the Akashic Noir series.… (mais)

This is another great collection of noir from Akashic. Every story is very good, and most of them are excellent. I particularly enjoyed "The Expendables" by Rob Roberge and "The Salt Calls Us Back" by Alex Espinoza. I think editor [a:Barbara DeMarco-Barrett|182205|Barbara DeMarco-Barrett|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1450419162p2/182205.jpg] describes noir perfectly when she says "In noir, the main characters might want their lives to improve and may have high asperations and goals but they keep making bad choices, and things go from bad to worse."

[Note: the publisher provided me with a copy of this book via LibraryThing's Early Reviewers.]… (mais)