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Twin Cities Noir: The Expanded Edition

Edited by: Julie Schaper and Steven Horwitz

An expanded edition—with brand-new stories added to the fourth printing of this best-selling Noir Series installment. Here, the unseemly underside of Minneapolis/St. Paul is revealed like never before.

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Description

Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book.

Brand-new stories by: John Jodzio, Tom Kaczynski, Peter Schilling Jr., David Housewright, Steve Thayer, Judith Guest, Mary Logue, Bruce Rubenstein, K.J. Erickson, William Kent Krueger, Ellen Hart, Brad Zellar, Mary Sharratt, Pete Hautman, Larry Millett, Quinton Skinner, Gary Bush, and Chris Everheart.

From the introduction by Julie Schaper & Steven Horwitz:

“St. Paul was originally called Pig’s Eye’s Landing and was named after Pig’s Eye Parrant—trapper, moonshiner, and proprietor of the most popular drinking establishment on the Mississippi. Traders, river rats, missionaries, soldiers, land speculators, fur trappers, and Indian agents congregated in his establishment and made their deals. When Minnesota became a territory in 1849, the town leaders, realizing that a place called Pig’s Eye might not inspire civic confidence, changed the name to St. Paul, after the largest church in the city . . . Across the river, Minneapolis has its own sordid story. By the turn of the twentieth century it was considered one of the most crooked cities in the nation. Mayor Albert Alonzo Ames, with the assistance of the chief of police, his brother Fred, ran a city so corrupt that according to Lincoln Steffans its ‘deliberateness, invention, and avarice has never been equaled.’ As recently as the mid-’90s, Minneapolis was called ‘Murderopolis’ due to a rash of killings that occurred over a long hot summer. Every city has its share of crime, but what makes the Twin Cities unique may be that we have more than our share of good writers to chronicle it. They are homegrown and they know the territory . . .“

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Star of the North
“Someday All of This Will Probably Be Yours” by John Jodzio (Warehouse District, Minneapolis)
“16 mm Blues” by Peter Schilling Jr. (Longfellow, Minneapolis)
“Skyway Sleepless” Tom Kaczynski  (Downtown Skyways, Minneapolis)

Part II: Minnesota Nice
“Mai-Nu’s Window” by David Housewright (Frogtown, St. Paul)
“Smoke Got in My Eyes” by Bruce Rubenstein (North End, St. Paul)
“Noir Neige” by K.J. Erickson (Near North, Minneapolis)
“Bums” by William Kent Krueger (West Side, St. Paul)
“Blind Sided” by Ellen Hart (Uptown, Minneapolis)

Part III: Uff Da
“Better Luck Next Time” by Brad Zellar (Columbia Heights, Minneapolis)
“Taking the Bullets Out” by Mary Sharratt (Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis)
“The Guy” by Pete Hautman (Linden Hills, Minneapolis)
“The Brewer’s Son” by Larry Millett (West 7th-Fort Road, St. Paul)
“Loophole” by Quinton Skinner (Downtown, Minneapolis)
“Hi, I’m God” by Steve Thayer (Duluth, Up North)

Part IV: Funeral Hotdish
“Eminent Domain” by Judith Guest (Edina, Minneapolis)
“Blasted” by Mary Logue (Kenwood, Minneapolis)
“If You Harm Us” by Gary Bush (Summit-University, St. Paul)
“Chili Dog” by Chris Everheart (Downtown, St. Paul)

• Subjects: Mysteries & Crime, Noir Series
• Tags: Brad Zeller, Bruce Rubenstein, Chris Everheart, David Housewright, Ellen Hart, Gary Bush, John Jodzio, Judith Guest, Julie Schaper, K.J. Erickson, Larry Millett, Mary Logue, Mary Sharratt, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Pete Hautman, Peter Schilling Jr., Quinton Skinner, St. Paul, Steve Thayer, Steven Horwitz, Tom K, Tom Kaczynski, Twin Cities, William Kent Krueger