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Janine Armin writes regularly for the Toronto Globe & Mail and contributes to Bookforum, the Village Voice and Maisonneuve. She lives in Toronto. Nathaniel G. Moore is the author of Bowlbrawl (Conundrum) and Let's Pretend We Never Met (Pedlar). He is the features editor of The Danforth Review and a columnist for Broken Pencil. He divides his time between Montreal and Toronto.

The Akashic Noir Series moves fearlessly north!

Publishers Weekly

Most U.S. readers will be surprised to learn from the editors' introduction to this fine addition to Akashic's noir series that Toronto is "North America's most multicultural metropolis outside of Miami." That diversity is well served by the volume's 16 selections, only one of which is by an author likely to be familiar to American mystery fans. Peter Robinson (Friend of the Devil and 16 other Inspector Banks novels) demonstrates his mastery of the short story with "Walking the Dog": Lloyd Francis's attractive wife, Laura, begins a torrid affair with a model, Ray Lanagan, and before long Laura and Ray are scheming to bring about Lloyd's untimely demise. Robinson deftly inserts two major surprises into the plot, which should please James M. Cain and Cornell Woolrich fans. The anthology's other standout is Gail Bowen's "The King of Charles Street West," which, with its complex and insightful revenge plot line, should help gain Bowen, an Arthur Ellis Award winner, a wider U.S. following. (May)

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Contents Introduction PART I: EAST YORK ENDERS....................17
Gail Bowen Dundas Square The King of Charles Street West....................38
Peter Robinson The Beach Walking the Dog....................60
George Elliott Clarke East York Numbskulls....................75
Pasha Malla Little India Filmsong PART II: THE MILD WEST....................89
Heather Birrell Bloor West Village Wanted Children....................109
Sean Dixon Humber Loop Sic Transit Gloria at the Humber Loop....................126
Ibi Kaslik Dufferin Mall Lab Rats....................137
Nathan Sellyn Toronto Airport The Emancipation of Christine Alpert PART III: ROAD TO NOWHERE....................155
Michael Redhill Distillery District A Bout of Regret....................169
RM Vaughan Yorkville Brianna South....................180
Raywat Deonandan University of Toronto Midnight Shift....................194
Christine Murray Union Station Can't Buy Me Love PART IV: FLATLAND FLATLINE....................217
Andrew Pyper Queen West Tom....................228
Kim Moritsugu St. Lawrence Market A Taste of Honey....................239
Emily Schultz Parkdale Stalling....................254
Mark Sinnett CN Tower Sick Day....................274
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