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Following the commercial success of the original Manhattan Noir, mystery titan Lawrence Block digs even deeper into the New York noir legacy.

Classic reprints from: Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, O. Henry, Langston Hughes, Irwin Shaw, Jerome Weidman, Damon Runyon, Evan Hunter, Jerrold Mundis, Edgar Allan Poe, Horace Gregory, Geoffrey Bartholomew, Cornell Woolrich, Barry N. Malzberg, Clark Howard, Jerome Charyn, Donald E. Westlake, Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, and Susan Isaacs.

This historically rich collection traces the roots of Manhattan's noir back to Edith Wharton, Stephen Crane, O. Henry, and many others, mixing them with dark contemporary fiction from international best sellers like Joyce Carol Oates and Donald E. Westlake.

Lawrence Block has won most of the major mystery awards, and has been called the quintessential New York writer. His series characters--Matthew Scudder, Bernie Rhodenbarr, Evan Tanner, Chip Harrison, and Keller--all live in Manhattan; like their creator, they would not really be happy anywhere else. He is the editor of the original Manhattan Noir.

"A pleasing variety of Manhattan neighborhoods come to life in Block's solid anthology . . . the writing is of a high order and a nice mix of styles."
--Publishers Weekly

"A fun read that's sure to please mystery lovers and fans of New York fiction."
--About.com