Posted my review today -- publication day!

Bottom line: A strong and highly enjoyable collection of diverse noir stories that truly give the reader a vibe for the City of New Haven. Get it for yourself or for the Yalie in your life.

Read my full review on my blog: https://wildmoobooks.com/2017/08/03/new-haven-noir-from-akashic-books-out-today/ ( )

I'm a sucker for noir anthologies and I really enjoyed the stories in this collection. My favorites were "The Boy" and "Sure Thing," and the remaining stories were good as well. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone who loves short stories, is looking for a touch of noir, or wants to immerse themselves in New Haven for awhile. ( )

As someone born and raised in New Haven, but now living out of state, this anthology New Haven Noir, was a nice taste of home. While some stories were better than other, overall it was a great read. Of course the Fair Haven story by Karen E. Olsen was my favorite since that was my neighborhood. Her vision of elderly Fair Haveners refusing to move out of the neighborhood was spot on. My parents were just as stubborn when dealing with the neighborhood changing over to a Hispanic neighborhood that was not as safe as when I was a child of the 60's or a teen of the 70's. ( )

As with most anthologies, I enjoyed some stories in this collection more than others. While this was not my favorite of the Noir series, there are some definite gems here.

All the authors do a great job of putting us in New Haven, Connecticut. We see the working class against the backdrop of Yale and academia.

Overall, I think this collection leans more into literary fiction than the noir genre it is supposed to be. Some stories, for me, miss the noir feel completely. A few have almost a pompous feel. Even so, this is an entertaining mix of stories worth a read.

*I received a copy from the publisher, via LibraryThing, in exchange for my honest review.* ( )

Maybe it's the abundance of established authors, but Amy Bloom's New Haven Noir is my favorite entry in the Akashic Noir series in years.(Possibly since 2014's Prison Noir)

It's extremely rare for a collection to have every story be worthwhile but this one achieves that, with some (Hirsh Sawhney's comes to mind) approaching greatness(IMO) ( )