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Neo-Noir: Contemporary Crime Fiction

Our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast looks at contemporary crime fiction and comes up with 35 fine examples of neo-noir, which he defines as crime fiction with a post-modernist existential angst. Or maybe they're simply books that continue to confirm what Raymond Chandler knew all along - "The streets were dark with something more than night."
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The Big Nowhere
The Big Nowhere
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The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia
3
The Black Echo (Michael Connelly)
The Black Echo (Michael Connelly)
4
Bordersnakes (James Crumley)
Bordersnakes (James Crumley)
5
Closing Time (Fusilli)
Closing Time (Fusilli)
6
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (Block)
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (Block)
7
Dancing Bear (Crumley)
Dancing Bear (Crumley)
8
Eight Million Ways to Die
Eight Million Ways to Die
9
The Final Country (James Crumley)
The Final Country (James Crumley)
10
Generation Loss (Elizabeth Hand)
Generation Loss (Elizabeth Hand)
11
Ghosts of Belfast (Neville)
Ghosts of Belfast (Neville)
12
Gone, Baby, Gone (Dennis Lehane)
Gone, Baby, Gone (Dennis Lehane)
13
Hard, Hard City (Fusilli)
Hard, Hard City (Fusilli)
14
L. A. Confidential (Ellroy)
L. A. Confidential (Ellroy)
15
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
The Last Good Kiss (James Crumley)
16
Live by Night (Dennis Lehane)
Live by Night (Dennis Lehane)
17
The Mexican Tree Duck (Crumley)
The Mexican Tree Duck (Crumley)
18
The Missing Person (Brian Tobin)
The Missing Person (Brian Tobin)
19
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
Mystic River (Dennis Lehane)
20
The Narrows (Michael Connelly)
The Narrows (Michael Connelly)
21
The Poet (Michael Connelly)
The Poet (Michael Connelly)
22
The Right Madness (Crumley)
The Right Madness (Crumley)
23
To the Power of Three (Laura Lippman)
To the Power of Three (Laura Lippman)
24
Tribeca Blues (Jim Fusilli)
Tribeca Blues (Jim Fusilli)
25
A Well Known Secret (Fusilli)
A Well Known Secret (Fusilli)
26
What the Dead Know
What the Dead Know
27
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes
28
White Jazz
White Jazz
29
The Wrong Case (James Crumley)
The Wrong Case (James Crumley)
30
The Contortionist's Handbook
The Contortionist's Handbook
31
Kiss Me, Judas (Will Christopher Baer)
Kiss Me, Judas (Will Christopher Baer)
32
Penny Dreadful (Will Christopher Baer)
Penny Dreadful (Will Christopher Baer)
33
Available Dark (Elizabeth Hand)
Available Dark (Elizabeth Hand)
34
The Woman in the Window (A. J. Finn)
The Woman in the Window (A. J. Finn)
35
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
The Girl on the Train (Paula Hawkins)
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