Los Angeles Noir 2: The Classics ed. Denise Hamilton (Akashic Books, April 2010, 978-1-936070-02-2, $15.95, 326pp, tp, an) [Akashic Noir]
- 11 · Toiling in the Dream Factory · Denise Hamilton · in (r)
- 15 · Part I: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- 17 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 14 1939; set in Mid-Wilshire.
- 35 · Murder in Blue · Paul Cain · nv Black Mask June 1933, as “Murder Done in Blue”; set Downtown.
- 68 · I Feel Bad Killing You · Leigh Brackett · nv New Detective Magazine November 1944; set in Santa Monica.
- 98 · Dead Man · James M. Cain · ss The American Mercury March 1936; set in San Fernando.
- 111 · The Night’s for Cryin’ · Chester Himes · ss Esquire January 1937; set in South Los Angeles.
- 117 · Part II: After the War
- 119 · Find the Woman [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · nv The Name Is Archer by John Ross Macdonald, Bantam, 1955, as by Kenneth Millar; set in Beverly Hills.
- 144 · The Chirashi Covenant · Naomi Hirahara · ss A Hell of a Woman: An Anthology of Female Noir ed. Megan Abbott, Busted Flush Press, 2007; set on Terminal Island.
- 157 · High Darktown [Lee Blanchard] · James Ellroy · nv The New Black Mask No.5 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1986; set in West Adams.
- 181 · Part III: Killer Views
- 183 · The People Across the Canyon · Margaret Millar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1962; set in L.A. Canyon.
- 201 · Surf [Dave Brandstetter] · Joseph Hansen · nv Mystery Monthly December 1976, as “Murder on the Surf”; set in Venice.
- 227 · The Kerman Kill · William Campbell Gault · nv Murder in Los Angeles by The Adams Round Table, Morrow, 1987; set in Pacific Palisades.
- 261 · Part IV: Modern Classics
- 263 · Crimson Shadow [Socrates Fortlow] · Walter Mosley · ss Edward Hopper and the American Imagination ed. Anon, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1995; set in Watts.
- 274 · Rika · Jervey Tervalon · ss 1994; set in Baldwin Hills.
- 287 · Lucía · Yxta Maya Murray · ss 1997; set in Echo Park.
- 308 · Tall Tales from the Mekong Delta · Kate Braverman · ss Story Autumn 1990; set in Bel Air.
- 329 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg
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