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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Noir for summer reading
If you live, love or lay-over in PDX, this collection of dark, bitingly funny "noir" mysteries set in America's finest city is the perfect summer read. Copies are sold at "Murder By The Book" on Hawthorne. Each local author's story is contemporary and set in a recognizable neighborhood around PDX: St. John's, the Pearl, 82nd Ave, etc. One even happens in Dot's on Clinton...
Published on June 15, 2009 by Zakariah Johnson
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lame.
Only a couple of these stories are actually intriguing, and some of them read like lame introductions to chapter 6 of a Portland travel guide. The little comic book story hardly makes any sense.
Published 22 months ago by Jonathan Mitchell
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Noir for summer reading,
By Zakariah Johnson "Zakariah Johnson" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Portland Noir (Akashic Noir) (Paperback)
If you live, love or lay-over in PDX, this collection of dark, bitingly funny "noir" mysteries set in America's finest city is the perfect summer read. Copies are sold at "Murder By The Book" on Hawthorne. Each local author's story is contemporary and set in a recognizable neighborhood around PDX: St. John's, the Pearl, 82nd Ave, etc. One even happens in Dot's on Clinton Street (we always knew there was plotting going on there.) Extremely entertaining!
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I can't believe I thought I lived in Portland.,
This review is from: Portland Noir (Akashic Noir) (Paperback)
It turns out, after reading this collection, that I've taken up residence in only a tiny corner of this complex city. From Skloot's crematorium overlooking nature trail leading to amusement park... to the rats and jewels beneath the streets in Little's "Shanghaied", I felt like I was getting a VIP tour of Portland at the hands of a perverse tour guide - who every so often would treat me to a beer. Dark and sexy, with equally surprising moments of humor and heart, Portland Noir is a refreshingly dimensional look at a city so often flattened by praise.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lame.,
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This review is from: Portland Noir (Akashic Noir) (Paperback)
Only a couple of these stories are actually intriguing, and some of them read like lame introductions to chapter 6 of a Portland travel guide. The little comic book story hardly makes any sense.
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Portland Noir (Akashic Noir) by Bill Cameron (Paperback - June 1, 2009)
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