Noir

Noir fiction is a name given to a mode of crime fiction which can be regarded as a subset of the hardboiled style.

In this sub-genre, the protagonist is usually not a detective, but instead either a victim, a suspect, or a perpetrator. He is someone tied directly to the crime, not an outsider called to solve or fix the situation.


See also pulp noir.
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New Releases Tagged "Noir"

Skördebarn
The Knives
False Note (Alibis Collection, #3)
Lokattens klor (Millennium, #8)
La nena (Elena Blanco, #3)
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer
Las madres (Elena Blanco, #4)
Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)
Blood Ties (Kongeriket, #2)
Even Though I Knew the End
Catedrales
The Shadow Murders (Department Q, #9)
Locked In (Department Q, #10)
Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
The Kingdom
La bestia
El mentiroso
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Maltese Falcon
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Double Indemnity
The Thin Man
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
The Killer Inside Me
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
In a Lonely Place
Her Little Flowers by Shannon  MorganThe Blue Bar by Damyanti BiswasThe Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasOut by Natsuo KirinoThe Guest by Lorraine Mace
Great Noir and Noirish Novels by Women
147 books — 77 voters
We Got Zombies on the Lawn Again, Ma by Donnie  SmithBoy's Life by Robert McCammonPlan B by Jenny O'ConnellChoke by Chuck PalahniukThe Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether
Die Laughing
82 books — 82 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFramed & Hunted by Edward        WilliamsMean Spirited by Nick  RobertsA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Awful People Doing Awful Things
450 books — 210 voters
Unjust by Brooke HolmesGet Shorty by Elmore LeonardBAD INTENT by Michael TabmanMy Dirty California by Jason MosbergThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Crime Fiction That Really Rules
49 books — 58 voters

The Power of the Dog by Don WinslowCaught Stealing by Charlie HustonL.A. Confidential by James EllroyGalveston by Nic PizzolattoAmerican Tabloid by James Ellroy
New School of Noir
198 books — 266 voters


Listen, you might as well learn now that life’s nothin’ but a dirt sandwich and save yourself a lot of time.
A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

He used his large shoulders and movements to impose his dominance over others as he strutted around but his facial expressions were a giveaway to people like Maeve who was born into a gritty group of native born fighting Irish. While many saw him as a man who worked his way up to power and influence and attained success that others fail to achieve, she saw him as a sham. He didn’t acquire loyalty by goodwill, but by corruption, fear, and loathing.
A.G. Russo, The Cases Nobody Wanted

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