Oakland Noir [Paperback]

San Franciscos grittier next-door neighbor gets her day in the sun in 16 new stories in this tightly curated entry in Akashics Noir series. The hardscrabble streets of Oakland offer crime aplenty . . . Thompson and Muller have taken such pains to choose stories highlighting Oaklands diversity and history that the result is a volume rich in local culture as well as crime. Wonderfully, in Akashics? From the Oakland hills to the heart of downtown, each story brings Oakland to life. Oakland is a natural for the series, with its shadowy crimes and disgruntled cops.