Wall Street Noir (Akashic Noir)
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (788 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008SBHDRQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 579 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mr. Spiegelman is the Shamus Award-winning author of Black Maps (Knopf, 2003), Death's Little Helpers (Knopf, 2005), and Red Cat (Knopf, 2007), which feature private detective and Wall Street refugee John March. Spiegelman is a twenty-year veteran of the financial services and software industries, and has worked with banks, brokerage h
As this volume demonstrates, Wall Street is no longer restricted to lower Manhattan, but has become a worldwide theater in which greed, volatility and desperation often lead to crime. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Spiegelman, the ideal editor for the Wall Street entry in Akashic's noir anthology series, assembles a stellar cast of 17 crime genre luminaries, many with financial backgrounds. Standouts include Pe
Spiegelman is a twenty-year veteran of the financial services and software industries, and has worked with banks, brokerage houses, and central banks in major markets around the world. He lives in Connecticut.. Brand-new stories by: John Burdett, Peter Blauner, Charles Ardai, Henry Blodget, Twist Phelan, Larry Light, James Hime, Jason Starr, Lauren Sanders, Tim Broderick, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jim Fusilli, Mark Haskell Smith, and more.Peter Spiegelman is the Shamus Award-winning author of Black Maps (Knopf, 2003), Death’s Little Helpers (Knopf, 2005), and Red Cat (Knopf, 2007), which feature private detective and Wall Street refugee John March
Michael L. Slavin said Several Exceptional Reads. I like fast moving short stories. But, with 17 authors it is difficult to find consistency in line with the readers preferences. This was my 8th read in the Noir series. I guess by my ratings I liked Manhattan Noir best followed by Las Vegas, Politics, and Bronx. A bit less Manhattan "Several Exceptional Reads" according to Michael L. Slavin. I like fast moving short stories. But, with 17 authors it is difficult to find consistency in line with the readers preferences. This was my 8th read in the Noir series. I guess by my ratings I liked Manhattan Noir best followed by Las Vegas, Politics, and Bronx. A bit less Manhattan 2,Queens and New Orleans. This fell in with Vegas,Politics and Bronx. It gets off to a great start with The Top Of The Game by Stephen Rhodes about intrigue, power and deceit. Twist Phelan's A Trader. ,Queens and New Orleans. This fell in with Vegas,Politics and Bronx. It gets off to a great start with The Top Of The Game by Stephen Rhodes about intrigue, power and deceit. Twist Phelan's A Trader. The good, the bad and the greedy. As explained by editor Peter Spiegelman in the introduction, Wall Street is more than just a geographical location. It's a state of mind. Wheresoever greed completely out of proportion to human wants and needs holds sway, Wall Street is very much present and accounted for.Wall Street Noir contains 17 dark short stories by as many different authors. Remarkably, only one or two of them make for less than compelling reading. Many of the selections do take place on or near Manhattan'. "Crime Beat Street Blogger review" according to Ana L. Dziengel. Wall street noirI just discovered the Akashic Books' Noir Series and Wow, do I have some reading to do! I picked Wall Street Noir up first because it contained a story by Megan Abbot. I had never read anything by the other authors contained in this anthology of crime stories that revolve around the theme of high finance and corporate transgression, and this was a great introduction to many of them. The wonderful thing about noir short stories as opposed to a novel is that the foc