Noir

Noir fiction is a name given to a mode of crime fiction which can be regarded as a subset of thehardboiledstyle.

In this sub-genre, the protagonist is usually not a detective, but instead either a victim, a suspect, or a perpetrator. He is someone tied directly to the crime, not an outsider called to solve or fix the situation.


See alsopulp noir.
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New Releases Tagged "Noir"

Blood in the Cut
The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)
All the Sinners Bleed
Black Wolf (Antonia Scott, #2)
City in Ruins (Danny Ryan, #3)
The Instruments of Darkness (Charlie Parker, #21)
Outback (DS Walker, #1)
Even Though I Knew the End
Killing Moon (Harry Hole, #13)
The Waters
Bad Actors (Slough House, #8)
La Red Púrpura (Elena Blanco, #2)
Rey blanco (Antonia Scott, #3)
La nena (Elena Blanco, #3)
La casa delle voci (Pietro Gerber, #1)
Everybody Knows
A Gambling Man (Archer, #2)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Maltese Falcon
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Double Indemnity
The Thin Man
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
The Killer Inside Me
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)

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