The fourth-largest city in the US is long overdue to enter the Noir Series arena, and does so blazingly. With Houston Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Brand-new stories by: Tom Abrahams, Robert Boswell, Sarah Cortez, Anton DiSclafani, Stephanie Jaye Evans, Wanjiku Wa Ngugi, Adrienne Perry, Pia Pico, Reyes Ramirez, Icess Fernandez Rojas, Sehba Sarwar, Leslie Contreras Schwartz, Larry Watts, and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton.