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Manhattan Noir

Author(s): Lawrence Block

Location(s): New York City (NYC)

Genre(s): Crime, Short Stories

Era(s): Modern

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Short stories set in Manhattan under the editorship of Lawrence Block and contains stories by Jeffrey Deaver, Lawrence Block, Charles Ardai, Carol Lea Benjamin, Thomas H Cook, Jim Fusilli, Robert Knighlty, John Lutz, Liz Martinez, Maan Meyers, Martin Meyers, S J Rozan, Justin Scott, C J Sullivan, and Xu Xi.

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Having just been to Manhattan for a few days and for the first time I then read this book and honestly my heart-rate picked up whenever I recognised a street or a subway line,...

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