{"product_id":"tampa-bay-noir-hardcover","title":"Tampa Bay Noir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColette Bancroft\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAce Atkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eKaren Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTampa Bay joins Miami in representing the (alleged) Sunshine State in the Noir Series arena.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt last, the popular Akashic Noir series has adopted the Tampa Bay area...The notion of elevating place to the status of a character in a story, a frequent topic in writers workshops, works to maximum effect. The descriptive forays are full of observations that can only be gleaned by living here.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTampa Bay Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColette Bancroft's story, The Bite, has received the 2021 Robert L. Fish Memorial Award, presented by the Mystery Writers of America \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWings Beating by Eliot Schrefer has been selected for inclusion in \u003ci\u003eBest American Mystery and Suspense 2021 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Move over Miami, Tampa Bay proves it has a dark side too...This somber anthology spins tales of sinister family secrets, business deals gone bad and tragedy on the bay in short stories.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlamingo Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new collection of noir fiction features all sorts of miscreants finding their way through this part of Florida.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOcala Star Banner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A] lively collection of superior short stories.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eTampa Bay Noir\u003c\/i\u003e] has a contributor list that includes a handful of bestselling crime novelists, but more importantly, the stories are pretty excellent, too.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMystery Scene Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTampa Bay gets a much-deserved turn in the spotlight with this new collection.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, One of the Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBooks can transport us to faraway, exotic places we've never seen, but they can also show us new angles of familiar places we thought we knew. Places closer to home like Hyde Park, Tierra Verde, Davis Islands, Palma Ceia, Clearwater Beach, Pass-a-Grille, Indian Rocks Beach, Westshore, St. Petersburg's 34th Street, Gibsonton, Lake Maggiore, Pinellas Park, Largo, Safety Harbor and Rattlesnake. Those are the local settings--yes, Rattlesnake is a real place --for the 15 stories collected in \u003ci\u003eTampa Bay Noir\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology of new crime fiction due out in August.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreative Pinellas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone who lives in the Tampa Bay area knows there are stories of intrigue here, just waiting to be told.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gabber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeing a local, it's cool to read about locations and think, 'I've been there.' Tampa has enough sordid and colorful history to deserve another volume.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInk19\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the geographic area of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand-new stories by: \u003c\/b\u003e Michael Connelly, Lori Roy, Ace Atkins, Karen Brown, Tim Dorsey, Lisa Unger, Sterling Watson, Luis Castillo, Sarah Gerard, Danny L pez, Ladee Hubbard, Gale Massey, Yuly Restrepo Garc s, Eliot Schrefer, and Colette Bancroft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction by Colette Bancroft: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsk most people what the Tampa Bay area is famous for, and they might mention sparkling beaches and sleek urban centers and contented retirees strolling the golf courses year-round. But it's always had a dark side. Just look at its signature event: a giant pirate parade.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot only does Gasparilla honor the buccaneer traditions of theft, debauchery, and violence; its namesake pirate captain, Jos  Gaspar, is a fake who probably never existed. And if there's any variety of crime baked into Florida's history, it's fraud. From the indigenous residents who supposedly conned Spanish explorers seeking the Fountain of Youth through the rolling cycles of real estate scams that have shaped the Sunshine State for the last century or so, the place is a grifter's native habitat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCOLETTE BANCROFT\u003c\/b\u003e has been the book editor at the \u003ci\u003eTampa Bay Times\u003c\/i\u003e since 2007. In addition to writing reviews and interviewing authors, she directs the annual \u003ci\u003eTampa Bay Times\u003c\/i\u003e Festival of Reading. She served two terms on the board of the National Book Critics Circle. 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