Noir

"Dark, bloody, and outrageously comical . . ."

Richard Kadrey’s seventh novel in his urban fantasy Sandman Slim series puts his protagonist, James Stark, right into the thick of a yet another possible end of the world event: the attempted murde

“A book you will not forget. A powerful, ingenious piece of crime noir.”

“. . . rediscover why Dashiell Hammett was the peerless master of crime fiction in all its dark and bloody glory.”

“From an excellent premise, Mr.

“Noir is not easy to write—and nearly impossible to do successfully in the first-person POV— especially when you know from the very first ‘I’ that the hero(ine) will survive, strangling

“On the credit side, Mr. Drvenkar’s narrative and dialogue are strong and move each section of the story along. He selects his words with care . . .

“. . . don’t be put off by the magic and sorcery. If you like noir and hard-boiled mysteries, you might want to give Low Town a chance.