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Queens Noir

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Edited by Robert Knightly

Contributions by Maggie Estep, Denis Hamill, Jill Eisenstadt, Joseph Guglielmelli, Patricia King, Kim Sykes, Megan Abbott, Mary Byrne, Robert Knightly, Alan Gordon, Victoria Eng, Stephen Solomita, Tori Carrington, Shailly Agnihotri, K.j.a. Wishnia, Glenville Lovell, Liz Martínez, Jillian Abbott and Belinda Farley

Published by: Akashic Books

Imprint: Akashic Books

350 Pages, 5.30 x 8.30 x 1.10 in

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9781933354408
Published: January 2008

$19.95

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Brand-new stories by: Denis Hamill, Malachy McCourt, Maggie Estep, Megan Abbott, Robert Knightly, Liz Martínez, Jill Eisenstadt, Mary Byrne, Tori Carrington, Shailly P. Agnihotri, K.j.a. Wishnia, Victoria Eng, Alan Gordon, Beverly Farley, Joe Guglielmelli, and Glenville Lovell.

Includes the story "Bucker's Error," winner of the 2009 Edgar Award (Robert L. Fish Memorial Award)

Robert Knightly is a trial lawyer in the Criminal Defense Division of the Queens Legal Aid Society. In another life, he was a lieutenant in the New York City Police Department. President of the New York chapter of Mystery Writers of America, he was born and raised in New York City and lives in Queens.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Queens on the Fly: By Sea, Horse, Train, Plane, and Silver Screen
“Alice Fantastic” by Maggie Estep (Aqueduct Racetrack)
“Under the Throgs Neck Bridge” by Denis Hamill (Bayside)
“Golden Venture” by Jill Eisenstadt (The Rockaways)
“Buckner’s Error” by Joseph Guglielmelli (Shea Stadium)
“Baggage Claim” by Patricia King (JFK Airport)
“Arrivederci, Aldo” by Kim Sykes (Long Island City)

Part II: Old Queens
“Hollywood Lanes” by Megan Abbott (Forest Hills)
“Only the Strong Survive” by Mary Byrne (Astoria)
“First Calvary” by Robert Knightly (Blissville)
“Bottom of the Sixth” by Alan Gordon (Rego Park)
“The Flower of Flushing” by Victoria Eng (Flushing)
“Crazy Jill Saves the Slinky” by Stephen Solomita (College Point)
“Last Stop, Ditmars” by Tori Carrington (Ditmars)

Part III: Foreign Shores
“Avoid Agony” by Shailly Agnihotri (Jackson Heights)
“Viernes Loco” by K.j.a. Wishnia (Corona)
“Out of Body” by Glenville Lovell (South Jamaica)
“Lights Out for Frankie” by Liz Martínez (Woodside)
“Jihad Sucks; or, The Conversion of the Jews” by Jillian Abbott (Richmond Hill)
“The Investigation” by Belinda Farley (Jamaica)

Robert Knightly is a trial lawyer in the Criminal Defense Division of the Legal Aid Society. In another life, he was a lieutenant in the New York City Police Department. This is his first published fiction, which is a piece of a first novel, Bodies in Winter. He was born and raised in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, the locale of the story.

Maggie Estep has published four books, including HEX, the first in a series of “horse noir” crime novels. She has written for the Village Voice, New York Press, and Nerve.com, and gives readings of her work throughout the U.S. and Europe on a regular basis. She lives in Brooklyn and likes to hang out at racetracks cheering on longshots. For more information, visit www.maggieestep.com.

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