Three Rooms Press
October 2016
On Sale: October 11, 2016
318 pages ISBN: 1941110452 EAN: 9781941110454 Kindle: 9781941110 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
CRIME + MUSIC: The Sounds of Noir, collects twenty darkly intense, music-related noir stories by world-renowned mystery authors including David Corbett, Tyler Dilts, Brendan DuBois, Bill Fitzhugh, Alison Gaylin, A.J. Hartley, Craig Johnson, David Liss, Val McDermid, Gary Phillips, Peter Robinson, and ZoΓ« Sharp, and, from the music world, Galadrielle Allman, author of Please Be With Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman and award-winning songwriter-novelist Willy Vlautin. Edited by novelist and Wall Street Journal rock and pop music critic Jim Fusilli.
The lively anthologyβs chilling, sinister tales tap into the span of rock and pop history, ranging from Peter Blaunerβs heart-wrenching βThe Last Temptation of Frankie Lymonβ to Fusilliβs βBoy Wonder,β set in the world of contemporary electronic dance music; from Naomi Randβs βThe Misfits,β a punk-rock revenge saga to Mark Haskell Smithβs menacingly comedic β1968 Pelham Blue SG Jr.β; from Reed Farrel Colemanβs study of a one-hit wonder, βLook at Me/Donβt Look at Meβ to Erica Wrightβs account of betrayal among minor talents in βA Place Youβre Likely to Findββand many more.
CRIME + MUSIC exposes the nasty side of the world of popular music, revealing it to be the perfect setting for noir tales.