Twin Cities Noir: The Expanded Edition (Akashic Noir)
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"Local editors Schaper and Horwitz have assembled a noteworthy collection of noir-infused stories mixed with laughter The Akashic noir short-story anthologies are avidly sought and make ideal samplers for regional mystery collecting." -- Library Journal "The best pieces in the collection turn the clichés of the genre on their head . . . and despite the unseemly subject matter, the stories are often surprisingly funny."  City Pages (Minneapolis) Brand-new stories from John Jodzio, Tom Kaczynski, and Peter Schilling, Jr., in addition to the original volume&apos;s stories by David Housewright, Steve Thayer, Judith Guest, Mary Logue, Bruce Rubenstein, K.J. Erickson, William Kent Krueger, Ellen Hart, Brad Zellar, Mary Sharratt, Pete Hautman, Larry Millett, Quinton Skinner, Gary Bush, and Chris Everheart. "St. Paul was originally called Pig&apos;s Eye&apos;s Landing and was named after Pig&apos;s Eye Parrant--trapper, moonshiner, and proprietor of the most popular drinking establishment on the Mississippi. Traders, river rats, missionaries, soldiers, land speculators, fur trappers, and Indian agents congregated in his establishment and made their deals. When Minnesota became a territory in 1849, the town leaders, realizing that a place called Pig&apos;s Eye might not inspire civic confidence, changed the name to St. Paul, after the largest church in the city . . . Across the river, Minneapolis has its own sordid story. By the turn of the twentieth century it was considered one of the most crooked cities in the nation. Mayor Albert Alonzo Ames, with the assistance of the chief of police, his brother Fred, ran a city so corrupt that according to Lincoln Steffans its &apos;deliberateness, invention, and avarice has never been equaled.&apos; As recently as the mid-&apos;90s, Minneapolis was called &apos;Murderopolis&apos; due to a rash of killings that occurred over a long hot summer . . . Every city has its share of crime, but what makes the Twin Cities unique may be that we have more than our share of good writers to chronicle it. They are homegrown and they know the territory--how the cities look from the inside, out . . ."


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Language: English
File size: 4361 KB
Publisher: Akashic Books
Print length: 320 pages
Publication date: August 6, 2013
Enhanced typesetting: Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
subtitle: Kindle Edition
author: Visit Amazon's Julie Schaper Page search results Julie Schaper Steven Horwitz John Jodzio Tom Kaczynski Peter Schilling Jr. David Housewright Steve Thayer Judith Guest Mary Logue Bruce Rubenstein K.J. Erickson William Kent Krueger Ellen Hart Brad Zellar Mary Sharratt Pete Hautman Larry Millett Quinton Skinner Gary Bush Visit Amazon's Chris Everheart Page search results Chris Everheart