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 Zoรซ 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 anthologyโs chilling, sinister tales tap into the span of rock and pop history, ranging from Peter Blaunerโs heart-wrenching โThe Last Temptation of Frankie Lymonโ to Fusilliโs โBoy Wonder,โ set in the world of contemporary electronic dance music; from Naomi Randโs โThe Misfits,โ a punk-rock revenge saga to Mark Haskell Smithโs menacingly comedic โ1968 Pelham Blue SG Jr.โ; from Reed Farrel Colemanโs study of a one-hit wonder, โLook at Me/Donโt Look at Meโ to Erica Wrightโs account of betrayal among minor talents in โA Place Youโre Likely to Findโโand many more.
CRIME + MUSIC exposes the nasty side of the world of popular music, revealing it to be the perfect setting for noir tales.