Our Noir - by Pj Parrish (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

PJ Parrish is pleased to present OUR NOIR, a collection of short stories and a Louis Kincaid novella.

The collection includes:

LOST AND FOUND

Maybe there was something that happened to men when they stood on bridges, like standing in the middle of a bridge put them half-way between something good and bad. Or weak or strong. Or between yesterday and tomorrow.

ONE SHOT

It was all his fault. He knew he had to make it right some-how. That is why he had come back here. He knew that suddenly. He had come back here, to this house, to try and save himself and his family. To give it one last shot.

GUTTER SNIPES

The sign wasn't some mystical crystal ball that was going to help him beat Bulldog and light the way for the re-purification of the greatest game ever invented. It was just a rusty old relic of a vanishing era.

PRIDE

Sometimes the female lions band together and roar as a group to drive the killer male away. They roar as one to make sure their cubs survive. That night, when the roaring builds to its crescendo, I lay there and listen. I listen, trying hard to interpret the sounds, trying hard to hear my own heart.

CLAW BACK (A Louis Kincaid novella)

Louis Kincaid has lost his career, his lover and in many ways, himself. Desperate to find something meaningful in life, he is willing to get down on his knees and ask his nemesis, the local sheriff, for a chance at getting back his badge. The sheriff gives him that chance, providing he can prove himself in a just-breaking case: Her name is Grace. She's eight years old. And she's missing in the Florida Everglades.

Review Quotes

"Powerful stuff...the quiet sadness that underpins it all really got to me, the way Ross Macdonald does. Among my favorite Florida crime writers are Charles Willeford, John D. MacDonald and Ed McBain. I'll have to add PJ Parrish." - Ed Gorman, Mystery Scene.

"A stunner of a book. Amazingly skilled at creating a sense of place, PJ Parrish stays true to her characters. I can't wait to see Louis's growth as he learns more about the world." - Romantic Times

"A gripping atmospheric novel that will remind many of Dennis Lehane. the author's ability to raise goose bumps puts her in the front rank of thriller writers." --Publishers Weekly

"A wonderfully tense and atmospheric novel. Keeps the reader guessing until the end." --Miami Herald

"A standout thriller. An atmospheric story set on the grounds of an abandoned insane asylum, a haunting location that contains many dark and barbarous secrets. With fresh characters and plot, a suspense novel of the highest order." -- Chicago Sun-Times