' Hong Kong Noir digs below the financial center's gleaming surface to unearth stories of the city's ghosts and spirits. Readers can feel lucky to have such a collection.'- Kirkus Reviews 'Ng and Blumberg-Kason defy the fates by presenting a collection of 14 stores-by Chinese tradition, an ominous number-illustrating their city's dark side. 'A delightfully dark collection of fiction from Hong Kong, a city where talk is cheap and cash is still king.'- Ritz-Carlton Magazine 'The history of Hong Kong, once a fishing village, encompasses piracy, the opium trade, prostitution, corruption, espionage and revolutionary plots grist for the 14 dark tales in Hong Kong Noir.'- BBC Culture Ng, Xu Xi, Marshall Moore, Brittani Sonnenberg, Tiffany Hawk, James Tam, Rhiannon Jenkins Tsang, Christina Liang, Feng Chi-shun, Charles Philipp Martin, Shannon Young, Shen Jian, Carmen Suen, and Ysabelle Cheung. So naturally, this side of the city deserves a literary nod which is why it’s fitting that Akashic Books recently released the anthology. After all, it has seen pirates, the Opium Wars, Japanese occupation in World War II and many other dark chapters, which also make for great stories. This anthology includes brand-new stories by Jason Y. Hong Kong is a city with a sordid past of its own. In Hong Kong Noir, fourteen of the city's finest authors explore the dark heart of the Pearl of the Orient in haunting stories of depravity and despair. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.

endlessly fascinating.'- CrimeReadsĪkashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. From ghost stories, to historical thrills, to underworld brutality.

'Showcases the extremes of one of the world's capitals.

Hong Kong Noir by Feng Chi-Shun