{"product_id":"palm-springs-noir-9781617759284","title":"Palm Springs Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Contrary to popular belief, noir doesn't require a bleak city street for its setting. Nor water, for that matter. Noir thrives on secrets, lies and lust, all flowing plentifully through the jewel in the Coachella Valley's fragile crown . . . For all the playfulness of the genre and the location, the wisecracks and the kidney-shaped pools, there is an unmanageable darkness waiting to seep in, like so much blood in the pool water.\" --\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/em\u003e. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrand-new stories by: T. Jefferson Parker, Janet Fitch, Eric Beetner, Kelly Shire, Tod Goldberg, Michael Craft, Barbara DeMarco-Barrett, Rob Roberge, J.D. Horn, Eduardo Santiago, Rob Bowman, Chris J. Bahnsen, Ken Layne, and Alex Espinoza.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbara DeMarco-Barrett\u003c\/strong\u003e spends time in the desert whenever she can. She hosts \u003cem\u003eWriters on Writing\u003c\/em\u003e on KUCI-FM, and her book \u003cem\u003ePen on Fire\u003c\/em\u003e was a \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e best seller. Her short story \"Crazy for You\" was published in \u003cem\u003eUSA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series.\u003c\/em\u003e She has also published in the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books, Inlandia, Shotgun Honey, Crossing Borders, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Literary Hatchet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707628327186,"sku":"9781617759284","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_caab264a-c356-4acb-9261-1e868861bc33.jpg?v=1734501364","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/palm-springs-noir-9781617759284","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}