D.C. Noir

Brand new stories by: George Pelecanos, James Grady, Kenji Jasper, Jim Beane, Jabari Asim, Ruben Castaneda, James Patton, Norman Kelley, Jennifer Howard, Richard Currey, Lester Irby, and others.Mystery sensation Pelecanos pens the lead story and edits this groundbreaking collection of stories detailing the seedy underside of the nation's capital. This is not an anthology of ill-conceived and inauthentic political thrillers. Instead, in D.C. Noir, pimps, whores, gangsters, and con-men run rampant in zones of this city that most never hear about.PART I: D.C. UNCOVEREDThe Confidential Informant; GEORGE PELECANOS; First; KENJI JASPER; Capital of the World; JIM PATTON; The Names of the Lost; RICHARD CURREY; PART II: STREETS & ALLEYSEast of the Sun; JENNIFER HOWARD; Solomon's Alley; ROBERT ANDREWS; The Light and the Dark; ROBERT WISDOM; A.R.M. and the Woman; LAURA LIPPMAN; PART III:COPS & ROBBERSCold as Ice; QUINTIN PETERSON; God Don't Like Ugly; LESTER IRBY; Coyote Hunt; RUBEN CASTANEDA; Jeanette; JIM BEANE; PART IV: THE HILL & THE EDGEThe Bottom Line. JAMES GRADY;Stiffed; DAVID SLATER; The Messenger of Soulsville; NORMAN KELLEY; The Dupe; JIM FUSILLI