"A collection of stories celebrating the underbelly of the city, its ghosts, and the characters that give Memphis its rich patina of blues." Memphis Flyer
The Home of the Blues knows how darkness can permeate a person's souland what it can drive you to do. It's the soundtrack to a city that's made up of equal parts hope and despair, past and present, death and rebirth. On the streets of Memphis, noir hits the right note.
"A remarkable picture of contemporary Memphis emerges in this Akashic noir volume . . . Something for everyone." Publishers Weekly
"Covers train cars and Beale Street, hoodoo and segregation, Nathan Bedford Forrest and, of course, Graceland, and even includes a graphic novella." Memphis Flyer
"Captures the subtlety of the Memphis ethos, where blacks and whites, rich and poor, are intimately entwined. The collectionfifteen stories by some of the city's finest writersbleeds the blues and calls down the dark powers that permeate this capital of the Delta." The Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
"The new anthology Memphis Noir is replete with murders, ghosts, gangsters, a sharp-toothed baby, Boss Crump, and high water on the bluff." Memphis Magazine