Lone Star Noir

Lone Star Noir is another short story collection in the Akashic Books series that I first discovered back in 2010 Each collection in this series contains fourteen or fifteen stories that fit comfortably in the genre of noir crime fiction And, because each of the stories is written by someone from or very familiar with the city or region in which all of the stories are set, the collections are long on setting and mood I have previously read and enjoyed Boston Noir, Mexico City Noir, Long Island N [...]

A fine collection of contemporary crime fiction, all set in the great state of Texas This is a relatively diverse set of authors for the genre and a nice stretching of what noir y crime fiction can be Plus the title is fun to say.

Some of these are really disturbing as in I wish I could unread them , and others are in the campy noir style I like It s a good mix for the different types of noir fans Being new to Texas, I thought I might learn a bit about the state turned out not so much.

Disappointing

it was ok, very hit or miss, with misses than hits

As with the other city state noir books this is a collection of stories of varying quality, but all with a noir outlook and a moral outcome not sought The first story does have the best line I have ever read outside of James M Cain Phelan asked about the girl s rap sheet but the dial tone was noncommittal One thing there is a map at the front of the book showing the locations in Texas of all the stories Amazingly, though, an adjacent state to the northeast is labeled Alabama even I with my east [...]

James Arthur Crumley, just the best Wish he would have authored the rest.

Really disappointed in this book Not noir at all, and there are plenty of great writers in Texas The collection was put together by someone that doesn t understand noir or what makes a story well written.

I will confess that when I picked up this book I knew nothing about Noir I expected a looser language used to convey a somber tone and I did get that, for the two stories I was able to get through Some of the lauagage was baffling, he was listening to her, hearing it in the waves of quiet that rolled over him, quiet riding on waves of quiet, p.40 Then it goes to describe a bayou, all this was suppose to set up a sense of tension as the main character was not aware of the man who was set on killi [...]

Sure to be of regional interest and to appeal to fans of noir or dark fiction, this spicy black brew of sinister thrills is not for the squeamish or the easily offended Library Journal Unsettling and shivery Kirkus Reviews Crime, like politics, is local The folks at Akashic Books understand this Lone Star Noir is a solid collection Heck, it better be the state s red clay looks like dried blood Noir grows out of the ground here Austin American Statesman What makes Texas noir different from any o [...]

This is a great concept and since I live in Texas, I was excited to read this book and look for some familiarity, some landmarks, or street names of the many Texas cities I ve been to You would think that a state known for its size would also be a character in these stories, after all, these stories were written by current Texas authors weren t they It didn t seem that the great state of Texas played as big as a role as I assumed it would, which is disappointing to me anyway Speaking of, I thoug [...]

A collection of short stories, noir, based in Texas This was great I love the concept But some of these stories are not that tough Oh no, some guy from the suburbs met a meth head hooker Ewwww Dude obviously didn t even know what he was talking about, probably did some second hand research Talked to some people A few are just nasty for the sake of being nasty without much in the way of style One in particular I wish I d never seen Oh well My brother Chris and I have many that are true that would [...]

A good read over all, despite an occasional miss Favorites Cherry Coke Milton T Burton Poker games in Tyler Duckweed George Wier Six Finger Jack Joe R Lansdale Phelan s First Case Lisa Sandlin A p.i story in Beaumont Six Dead Cabbies Tim Tingle Teens working at Ellington Air Force Base All five of these are from the Back Roads section or the Gulf Coast section The Big City stories kind of seemed low on the Texas factor.

Most of these were pretty good Except for Montgomery Clift, which was well written but made me want to take a shower afterwards Geeyack Still, looking forward to the next volume.

Hit or miss Interesting concept I like the geographical references and organization of the stories, but most of the stories did not capture my imagination.

Good short story collection, interesting stories and good writing throughout I am enjoying all of the Noir collections so far.

A lot of the stories just got away from me someting great

I didn t finish this one Read one story, found it way too grim and gave up.