Macavity Award Finalist 2010
• Dana Cameron, “Femme Sole”
Agatha Award Finalist 2009
• Dana Cameron, “Femme Sole”
Bronx Noir
Winner, New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association
Book of the Year Award, Special Category 2008
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
• S.J. Rozan, “Hothouse”
Brooklyn Noir
Edgar Award Finalist 2005
• Pete Hamill, “The Book Signing”
• Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winner 2005
• Thomas Morrissey, “Can’t Catch Me”
Shamus Award Winner 2005
• Pearl Abraham, “Hasidic Noir”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2005
• Tim McLoughlin, “When All This Was Bay Ridge”
• Lou Manfredo, “Case Closed”
Anthony Award Finalist 2005
• Arthur Nersesian, “Hunter/Trapper”
Pushcart Prize Finalist 2005
• Ellen Miller, “Practicing”
DC Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007
• Robert Andrews, “Solomon’s Alley”
Detroit Noir
Shamus Award Finalist 2008
• Loren D. Estleman, “Kill the Cat”
Kansas City Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
• Nancy Pickard, “Lightbulb”
Las Vegas Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2009
• David Corbett, “Pretty Little Parasite”
• Vu Tran, “This or Any Desert”
Lone Star Noir
Shamus Award Finalist 2011
• Lisa Sandlin, “Phelan’s First Case”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2011
• David Corbett & Luis Alberto Urrea, “Who Stole My Monkey?”
Long Island Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
• Nick Mamatas, “The Shiny Car in the Night”
Los Angeles Noir
Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Winner 2007
Edgar Award Winner 2008
• Susan Straight, “The Golden Gopher”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
• Michael Connelly, “Mulholland Dive”
• Robert Ferrigno, “The Hour When the Ship Comes In”
Manhattan Noir
Edgar Award Finalists 2007
• S.J. Rozan, “Building”
• Thomas H. Cook, “Rain”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007
• Robert Knightly, “Take the Man’s Pay”
Miami Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2007
• John Bond, “T-bird”
New Jersey Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2012
• Lou Manfredo, “Soul Anatomy”
New Orleans Noir
Shamus Award Finalist 2008
• James Nolan, “Open Mike”
Paris Noir
Edgar Award Finalist 2009
• Dominique Mainard, “La Vie en Rose”
Philadelphia Noir
Macavity Award Finalist 2011
• Keith Gilman, “Devil’s Pocket”
Phoenix Noir
Edgar Award Winner 2010
• Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”
Anthony Award Finalist 2010
• Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”
Macavity Award Finalist 2010
• Luis Alberto Urrea, “Amapola”
Shamus Award Finalist 2010
• Gary Phillips, “Blazin’ on Broadway”
Queens Noir
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winner 2009
• Joe Guglielmelli, “Buckner’s Error”
San Diego Noir
Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Award Finalist 2011
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2012
• T. Jefferson Parker, “Vic Primeval”
San Francisco Noir
Macavity Award Finalist 2006
• David Corbett, “It Can Happen”
Staten Island Noir
Robert L. Fish Memorial Award Winner 2013
• Patricia Smith, “When They Are Done with Us”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
• Patricia Smith, “When They Are Done with Us”
Toronto Noir
Arthur Ellis Award Winner 2009
• Pasha Malla, “Filmsong”
Arthur Ellis Award Finalist 2009
• Peter Robinson, “Walking the Dog”
Twin Cities Noir
Shamus Award Finalist 2007
•Bruce Rubenstein, “Smoke Got in My Eyes”
Venice Noir
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013
• Emily St. John Mandel, “Drifter”
Wall Street Noir
Derringer Award Finalist 2008
• Twist Phelan, “A Trader’s Lot”
Included in The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
• Stephen Rhodes, “At the Top of His Game”
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