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Here it is:
https://www.amazon.com/Straight-Hell...michelle+scott Straight to Hell I was expecting a typical cozy, but it's not. It's cruising along being cozy and then: Spoiler:
So cozy noir does exist. There was another book I read that I'd put in that category, but I don't remember the title or the author at the moment. It's not really a genre I read on purpose. |
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Do you only want older novels?
How about Dennis Lehane's McKensie/Genaro series? |
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I'm not sure if they're really "noir" either, but that could be purely interpretation. What I love about Lehane's stories is that he gets into the human heart. It's not just a murder mystery - personally, I think that's my biggest grievance with the movie Mystic River. It turned a seriously thoughtful book into just another murder thriller. |
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Also check out Adrian McKinty's Sean Duffy series for some Irish noir.
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From Amazon: "As richly complex and brutal as the terrain it depicts, here is the mesmerizing, darkly original novel that heralded the arrival of Dennis Lehane, the master of the new noir—and introduced Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro, his smart and tough private investigators weaned on the blue-collar streets of Dorchester." Not really a spoiler, but does include the story overview (also from Amazon): Spoiler:
One book in the series was made into a movie: Gone Baby Gone |
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I DO think Lehanes's Kenzie and Gennaro books would hit a lot of Drib's criteria, though. Last edited by DiapDealer; 07-26-2017 at 09:22 AM. |
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Yeah, they would.
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The drawback to the Kensie/Gennaro books is that some of the content is disturbing, unsettling, ...
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That opening paragraph you quote caught me up in the narrative. I like the attitude and find it very 'noirish'. I'll check that one out and will report back. -- Thank you! |
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