San Diego Noir

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San Diego is home to miles of beaches, Balboa Park, a world-famous zoo and some of the US's most expensive homes and resorts. Yet the city also houses a few things that aren't actively promoted by the visitors bureau - a number of America's most corrupt politicians, border-related crimes, terrorists and the occasional earthquake. A noir feast! The San Diego of the past and the present offers the book's contributors a rich selection of settings, from the cross on Mount Soledad to the piers of Ocean Beach.

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"When it's done right, noir is a darkly delicious thrill: smart, sharp-tongued, surprising. The knife goes in at the end with a twist. San Diego Noir, a new 15-story collection by some of the region's best writers, has all that going for it, and the steady supply of hometown references makes it even more fun."
--"San Diego Union-Tribune"

Author Bio

Maryelizabeth Hart is a co-owner of Mysterious Galaxy, an independent mystery and science fiction bookstore in San Diego, founded in 1993. In addition to her bookseller responsibilities, she is a reviewer for Publishers Weekly and an occasional contributor to works of nonfiction, including Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy (Greenwood Press).