Providence Noir, Paperback

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Peter Farrelly's story ""The Saturday Night Before Easter Sunday"" has been nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Short Story Named a Favorite Book of 2015 by Scott Mac Kay at Rhode Island Public Radio ""Even Providence's signature public art has a dark side in ""Providence Noir"" (Akashic), which includes a story called 'Water Fire's Smell Tonight' by Pablo Rodriguez. Each tale in this anthology edited by Ann Hood is set in a different part of the city. Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout's story takes place at Trinity Repertory Company. Thomas Cobb, whose novel ""Crazy Heart"" was made into a movie with Jeff Bridges, tees up at Triggs Memorial Golf Course, and ""Dumb and Dumber"" co-writer and co-director Peter Farrelly, a graduate of Providence College, sets his story in the Elmhurst neighborhood, near his old college stomping grounds.""--""Boston Globe"" ""Providence, of course, has a history of crime, the mob, corruption and other goodies. In this collection of 15 stories...we are given a darkly hued tour of the city in all its nooks and crannies by such excellent writers as Hood herself, John Searles, Bruce De Silva, Peter Farrelly, Elizabeth Strout, Hester Kaplan and others, each with their own style, tone and sly approach that will keep you reading, waiting for the sudden murder, the end of troubled relationships, the discovery of bones.... A] wonderful collection.""--""Providence Journal"" 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. Featuring brand-new stories by John Searles, Elizabeth Strout, Taylor M. Polites, Hester Kaplan, Robert Leuci, Amity Gaige, Peter Farrelly, Pablo Rodriguez, Bruce De Silva, Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Luanne Rice, Dawn Raffel, Thomas Cobb, La Shonda Katrice Barnett, and Ann Hood. Anyone who has spent time in Providence, Rhode Island, knows that lurking in the shadows are many sinister noir element