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Here the city becomes the central character, the strongest on the page.\" --San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Reflecting changing conditions, multicultural authors are well represented here, and female writers definitely make their mark . . . There's enough here to cause us to want more.\" --Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. 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