Noir Favourites, 2016

My favourites of the past year,  in no particular order 

1 It’s All One Case- Ross Macdonald, Paul Nelson, Kevin Avery, Jeff Wong.  

2 Willnot- James Sallis

3 You Will Know Me- Megan Abbott 

4 Sunset City- Melissa Ginsburg

5 On the Snap- Brian Case

6 El Nino- Mercedes Lambert

7 Retour vers David Goodis- Philippe Garnier

8 The Hight Life- Jean-Pierre Martinet

9 The Sympathizer- Viet Thangh Nguyen

10 Spook Street- Mick Herron

10 favourite pre-2016 books read in 2016

1  Hubert’s Freaks- Gregory Gibson

2 Gravesend-William Boyle

3 Simenon- Tropic Moon 

4 The Deepening Shade- Jake Hinkson

5  Immobility- Brian Evenson

6 The Whispering Swarm- Michael Moorcock

7 We Gotta Get Out of This Place- The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War- Doug Bradley and Craig Werner

8 Manchette's Fatale- Max Cabane, Doug Headline

9 The Archer Files: The Complete Lew Archer Stories- Ross Macdonald

10 Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing- Charles Bowden