Tag Archives: noir

'Death of the Dying City' by Matthew Taub challenges the reader to believe in something good when the world around gives no reason to do so.

Mysterious, suave and mentally keen, Franchot Tone managed to create conflicted heroes and charming villains empathizing with their inevitable flaws, unafraid of the benighted human condition.

Liev Schreiber makes a great noir anti-hero in the lead. His world weariness, underlaying a toughness, but also a genuine nobility and moral code make for a compelling character.

Emulating hardboiled lingo to a T, Megan Abbott traces the strange circumstances surrounding actress and B-girl Jean Spangler, who disappeared from Los Angeles in 1949.

Mike Hammer is back in a sequel to I, The Jury

Some guys have all the luck. Some guys have all the Payne.

Former porn star and unprotected witness Angel Dare returns in a second Hard Case Crime adventure.

Dark deeds and double-dealings in an energetically violent noir comic mini-series.

The second graphic novel adaptation from Donald E. Westlake’s hard-nosed caper series proves as entertaining as the first.

A dark and comic take on an old noir standby.