Noir, Only Nicer

If you love the Akashic Books Noir Series as much as I do, and have 100 smackers to spare, take a look at this special edition of Boston Noir, a collection of short stories edited by Dennis Lehane. As Akashic’s Johnny Temple says, “We are offering a limited edition of Boston Noir, autographed by Lehane. This hardcover edition is limited to 100 individually numbered copies, and will ship no later than September 30, 2009--well before the book’s official release date in November 2009.”

Boston Noir features brand-new tales by Lehane, Stewart O’Nan, Patricia Powell, John Dufresne, Lynne Heitman, Don Lee, Russ Aborn, Itabari Njeri, Jim Fusilli, Brendan DuBois, and Dana Cameron. And, as Temple notes, “the limited hardcover will have a plain black cloth cover with foil stamping--very elegant and minimal, unlike the regular paperback edition.”