From alachic series. Very nice short stories of intrigue, mystery and deathly murder. One overarching theme is everybody makes fun of Yale

Of the dozen or so Akashic Noir collections I've read, I think this one did the best job of choosing stories that give someone unfamiliar with the city and state a good feel for the layout, politics, racial splits, etc. of the area. It probably helps that at least five of the contributors are either associated with Yale right now or have been so associated in the past. The usual fifteen stories, divided into three sections of five stories each, come from eight female contributors and seven male

Posted my review today -- publication day!Bottom line: A strong and highly enjoyable collection of diverse noir stories that truly give the reader a vibe for the City of New Haven. Get it for yourself or for the Yalie in your life.Read my full review on my blog: https://wildmoobooks.com/2017/08/03/n...

NEW HAVEN NOIR, edited by Amy Bloom, is one of the newest offerings in Akashic Books’s noir series. I am ‘hooked’ on these noir titles and am very lucky to have been sent many of the titles to read and review. Each title has its own ‘flavor and texture’ and provides a decidedly untourist-like glimpse into locations around the US and the world.Every title contains an introduction by the editor; a map of the area with story locations marked by body silhouettes; author/contributor information and t...

I lived in New Haven for a number of years, downtown, in a high-rise between Yale's campus and Yale -New Haven Hospital. I always suspected NH to be a noir-ish town and the collection of short stories by New Haven-affiliated writers proves it beyond the shadow of a doubt. I like to read material that is based on real physical locations, and everyone of these 15 stories is noir from start-to-finish and is set in a real place in New Haven, for example: East Rock, Dwight, Beinecke Library, Wooster

Do you know someone heading off to Yale for school? A proud parent of a soon-to-be Yalie? Could their be a more delicious gift than the newest armchair anthology from the Akashic Noir series of geographically-organized noir short stories, New Haven Noir. This collection is by Amy Bloom who successfully gathered fifteen stories from New Haven past, present, and future with a noir sensibility.On of the most innovative stories was “Spring Break” by John Crowley. It takes place in the future with th...

As with most anthologies, I enjoyed some stories in this collection more than others. While this was not my favorite of the Noir series, there are some definite gems here.All the authors do a great job of putting us in New Haven, Connecticut. We see the working class against the backdrop of Yale and academia. Overall, I think this collection leans more into literary fiction than the noir genre it is supposed to be. Some stories, for me, miss the noir feel completely. A few have almost a pompous

Uneven, as to be expected, but reasonably entertaining. The result is a good sense of place, but I think you'd have to be familiar with New Haven to enjoy it; it won't stand up on its own.

Thank you Akashic Books for sending me an ARC of New Haven Noir! I thoroughly enjoyed the stories in this collection! They were diverse and each one had its own unique flavor. They were deliciously creepy and definitely kept me guessing. Highly recommend!

More of the stories related to Yale than I had expected. The stories were decent, but somewhat flat. I had previously enjoyed one of the other Noir series books and was expecting more from this one. It was a good way to pass the time, but not something I particularly looked forward to picking up. The book would likely resonate much better with someone who has a specific connection to Yale or New Haven. I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to the a...

I realize I'm not wholly sure how I'd define 'noir'; certainly some of these stories meet the classic idea of it more than others. But many of them were good and a few were great, while there was only one story that I really shook my head at how terribly it was written. And yes, a big part of the fun is recognizing locales and streets and restaurants and etc. But fun is fun, and much of this anthology was, while also being reasonably thought-provoking.

Anthologies are usually hit and miss. Akashic's Noir anthologies are usually more hit than miss. Same is the case in New Haven Noir. I've never been to New Haven, or anywhere close to it, but the stories did a really good job at making me feel like I was transported there. As with all anthologies, there are some great, some okay, some awful, but New Haven Noir has more of the great, and less of the okay and awful stories.

Not a book for everyone, HOWEVER, if you live near New Haven you will recognize every street, restaurant, location and some characters. Makes every story more entertaining. Stories are short and dark, but well written.

I bought this because New Haven was my place of birth. Although the writing was magnificent, I am not one to enjoy dark stories. Perhaps I prefer hanging on to the innocence of another time and place.

Having spent many hours in the creepy stacks of Sterling Library at Yale, I had to laugh out loud at John Crowley's Poe-ish tale, "Spring Break". I liked the way he wrote it, in a kind of texting shorthand which made the characters real and likable.Another favorite story was "The Gauntlet", about the seemingly clueless Nebraska farm boy Yalie living on Edgewood Ave. in the 70's. Hirsh Sawhney's "A Woe for Every Season" reflects the New Haven of today as well as yesterday, the town/gown divide, a...

I visited my childhood home of New Haven, CT with my brother for his 60th bday. A trip down memory lane . . . the Victorian Queen Anne we grew up in near East Rock Park, our air bnb on all-black Dixwell Avenue, the fancy-dress Shubert Theater on College, the old fake-gothic Yale buildings, the rusted-out Winchester arms factory, Pepe's Italian Pizza on Wooster Square . . . So this little book of detective stories, each set in one part of the city, was perfect. And who doesn't love Amy Bloom's wo...

I have to start off with the note, I don't typically care for short stories, that being said my introduction to New Haven Noir, Edited by Amy Bloom totally brought me around. All of the stories are based in or around New Haven and generally bringing in Yale, and obviously most embark on the cynical or seamy side of life. A few of my favorites; a story involving a homeless man at Union Station and a man in a beautiful dark blue cashmere coat and then comes body parts in Crossing Harry by Chris Kn...

Short stories, liked some more than others. Good to read from so many different authors; and fun to read about a place I lived for 20 years.

PW

I'm not a fan of noir fiction and generally I don't like anything that's creepy. Some of the stories were thought-provoking, a few were creepy. Since I am a Yale librarian, I was moderately amused by the one set in the Beinecke, but the many inaccuracies (the author taught at Yale for 10 years--!!) spoiled my enjoyment. The one set in Sterling Memorial Library was creepy so not to my taste at all, though its depiction of "spring break" as tourism in an apparently abandoned & dystopian future Yal...