L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories is a free promotional collection of short stories tying into the computer game by Rockstar Games.
Many of stories seem to be by fairly big-name authors in the mystery/thriller/suspense field, and if you go to the B&N product page, you can see a list of their assorted credentials.
Currently a free pre-order from
B&N. Since it's a game tie-in promo, I wouldn't be surprised to see it turn up in the other stores once the June 6th release date comes.
Description
Rockstar Games has partnered with Mulholland Books to publish a collection of short fiction expanding the world of the newest groundbreaking achievement in storytelling: the interactive crime thriller L.A. Noire.
1940s Hollywood, murder, deception and mystery take center stage as readers reintroduce themselves to characters seen in L.A. Noire. Explore the lives of actresses desperate for the Hollywood spotlight; heroes turned defeated men; and classic Noir villains. Readers will come across not only familiar faces, but familiar cases from the game that take on a new spin to tell the tales of emotionally torn protagonists, depraved schemers and their ill-fated victims.
With original short fiction by Megan Abbott, Lawrence Block, Joe Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oates, Francine Prose, Jonathan Santlofer, Duane Swierczynski and Andrew Vachss, L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories breathes new life into a time-honored American tradition, in an exciting anthology that will appeal to fans of suspense and gamers everywhere.