Category: #Anthology

This anthology of classic noir set in NYC’s County of Kings features stories by Thomas Wolfe, Lawrence Block, Maggie Estep and more.On the heels of the award-winning bestseller Brooklyn Noir—a collection of all-new Brooklyn-based crime fiction—this second volume digs deeper into the criminal history of New York’s punchiest and most alluring borough. Brooklyn Noir 2 offers classic short stories by the authors who blazed the path for the success of the first volume. Each story is set in a distinct Brooklyn neighborhood and mixes masters of genre with some of the best literary fiction authors to ever set foot in the borough. These brilliant and chilling stories explore crime among Brooklyn’s Russian, Jamaican, Puerto Rican, Italian, and Irish, communities, among other enclaves in this diverse and distinctly crooked borough.
Brooklyn Noir 2 features entries by H.P. Lovecraft, Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, Carolyn Wheat, Thomas Wolfe, Hubert Selby, Jr., Stanley Ellin, Gilbert Sorrentino, Maggie Estep, Salvatore La Puma, and Irwin Shaw.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Brooklyn Noir 2 is gritty nostalgia served with a side dish of modern noir, always insightful and colorful without apology―much like the borough itself.”
― Futures MYSTERY Anthology Magazine

“Murder. Mystery. Mayhem. Once again we visit the borough of Brooklyn by way of deftly authored stories by those who live and breathe it . . . Editor Tim McLoughlin handpicked a tome full of the best tales already told about the duplicitousness of both Brooklyn’s landscapes and inhabitants.”
― Tablet

“Here, McLoughlin mine reprints, allowing him to pay tribute to “all the great stories that had given me the idea for such a book in the first place” . . . Terrific appeal for Brooklynites.”
― Booklist

“Packed full of literary treats . . . The stories here are all set in Brooklyn and date from early in the last century to the present day . . . What a fine collection. My thanks to Tim McLoughlin for such an intelligent and splendid anthology.”
― Mystery Scene Magazine

From the Publisher

BROOKLYN NOIR is back with a vengeance, this time with the masters of yore: H.P. Lovecraft, Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, Irwin Shaw, Carolyn Wheat, Thomas Wolfe, Hubert Selby, Stanley Ellin, Gilbert Sorrentino, Maggie Estep, and Salvatore La Puma.

Awards & Praise for the first BROOKLYN NOIR anthology:

BROOKLYN NOIR is an EDGAR AWARD Finalist for “The Book Signing” by Pete Hamill, and winner of the MWA’s ROBERT L. FISH MEMORIAL AWARD for “Can’t Catch Me” by Thomas Morrissey.

BROOKLYN NOIR stories “When All This Was Bay Ridge” by Tim McLoughlin and “Case Closed” by Lou Manfredo have both been selected for BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2005 edited by Joyce Carol Oates and Otto Penzler.

This award-winning anthology of original crime fiction exploring Brooklyn’s many enclaves features new stories by Pete Hamill, Maggie Estep and others.

New York’s punchiest borough asserts its criminal legacy with this collection of stories from some of today’s best writers. Brooklyn Noir moves from Coney Island to Bedford-Stuyvesant to Bay Ridge to Red Hook to Bushwick to Sheepshead Bay to Park Slope and far deeper, into the heart of Brooklyn’s historical and criminal largesse. Each contributor offers a new story set in a distinct neighborhood. 

Many of the stories that first appeared in this volume have garnered critical acclaim, including Pete Hamill’s Edgar Award finalist “The Book Signing”; Ellen Miller’s Pushcart Prize finalist “Practicing”; Pearl Abraham’s Shamus Award finalist “Hasidic Noir”; Arthur Nersesian’s Anthony Award finalist “Hunter/Trapper”; and Thomas Morrissey’s Robert L. Fish Memorial Award-winner “Can’t Catch Me”.Brooklyn Noir also features brand-new stories by Nelson George, Sidney Offit, Neal Pollack, Ken Bruen, Maggie Estep, Kenji Jasper, Adam Mansbach, C.J. Sullivan, Chris Niles, Norman Kelley, Nicole Blackman, Tim McLoughlin, Lou Manfredo, Luciano Guerriero, and Robert Knightley.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“A recent publication from Akashic Books is the laudable Brooklyn Noir, a collection of dark tales set in New York’s self-proclaimed punchiest borough . . . the story by Peter Hamill is more than worth the price of the whole book.”
― New York Sun

“[An] anthology of 19 brand new hard-boiled and twisted tales, each set in a different Brooklyn neighborhood . . . the best stories concern people in the present coming to terms with the past.”
― Publishers Weekly

“Brooklyn Noir is such a stunningly perfect combination that you can’t believe you haven’t read an anthology like this before. But trust me―you haven’t. Story after story is a revelation, filled with the requisite sense of place, but also the perfect twists that crime stories demand. The writing is flat-out superb, filled with lines that will sing in your head for a long time to come.”
― Laura Lippman, winner of the Edgar, Shamus and Agatha awards

“This Brooklyn is cagey and unpredictable. This is about the shadowy corners, the musty old bars and the sidewalks littered with broken glass. In Brooklyn Noir, you can’t take anything for granted.”
― Brooklyn Paper

“[A] collection of crime stories set in different Brooklyn neighborhoods, edited by Mr. McLoughlin . . . The stories are set far and wide in the borough, from Red Hook to Bushwick to Canarsie . . . Brooklyn has always occupied a special place in the imagination of America writers who have been captivated by its raffishness.”
― New York Times

From the Author

CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: Pete Hamill, Nelson George, Sidney Offit, Arthur Nersesian, Pearl Abraham, Neal Pollack, Ken Bruen, Ellen Miller, Maggie Estep, Kenji Jasper, Adam Mansbach, C.J. Sullivan, Chris Niles, Norman Kelley, Tim McLoughlin, Nicole Blackman, Thomas Morrissey, Lou Manfredo, Luciano Guerriero, and Robert Knightly.