Noirfiction Stories

She was built from sin, smoke, and circuitry-and she's here to save what's left of her soul. Once, she was Nixie Voss: forty-two, broke, and surviving on grit and caffeine, hustling on her back to make a buck, somewhere between the gutter and Neon Row. Then a back-alley experiment rewrote her body and her name. Now she's VANTA-the Void And Neon Tactical Assassin. Half saint, half sin, and all vengeance, she hunts the city's worst men while fighting the code inside her that wants to take control. And when her missing son's signal flickers back online, mercy becomes optional. A grindhouse gospel of broken mothers, bad men, and chrome salvation. Justice is on the house. Tips optional. "Every verse begins in blood. Hers ends in mercy. And the city will never forget her name." - VANTA

When a series of mysterious disappearances shrouds the city's youth, a group of courageous individuals must unravel a chilling conspiracy that threatens to consume them all. As they navigate a web of deceit, secrets, and malevolence, the stakes skyrocket, leading to a pulse-pounding climax that will leave readers breathless.

Detectives Tolya Kurchenko and Pete Gonzalvez are sent on a what appears to be a routine nuisance call their first week on NYC's new Citywide Terrorism Task Force. Little do they know two old ladies will lead them to a potential disaster. Did you love Kurchenko and Gonzalvez in Forgiving Maximo Rothman? Here's a story to tide you over till they return in 2015 in Forgiving Mariela Comacho the next installment in A J Sidransky's "Forgiving" series. If you haven't read Forgiving Maximo Rothman here's where you can find it: http://www.amazon.com/Forgiving-Maximo-Rothman-J-Sidransky-ebook/dp/B00C7BMCT2/ref=asap_B00G3JR3A2_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1417875181&sr=1-1  If you love Noir fiction try Noir Nation 5 to see the rest of the stories in the anthology with "Mother Knows Best". I hope you enjoy!

When someone decides to create a stronger, deadlier version of Valkyr-the drug that, 20 years ago, was responsible for the brutal, senseless murders of his wife and newborn daughter-Max Payne is once again at the end of it all. But this time, it's one time too much. They never saw him coming.

Some nights drag trouble out of the dark whether you want it or not. Detective Cliff Donovan was only looking for a quiet drive along the coast when the storm rolled in-and with it, something he was never meant to see. Now a single moment on a quiet stretch of road will haunt him long after the rain stops. Because whatever crossed his path that night wasn't finished with him. Not even close. And the ocean doesn't give back what it takes.

Book One In Lena Winters: Dawn and Dusk, a guilt-ridden father's desperate plea drags the PI eye into a web of secrets underneath an upstanding hospital. What starts with a missing person's case, deepens, and darkens into a deadly conspiracy where silence is the hardest thing to hide. Weekly update every Saturday.

Private Eye Ramone Ramone is approached one night by a mysterious woman offering him $10,000 to find a rare book. It seems her son has joined a cult and offered its guru a family heirloom: an original edition of The Corsican Dove. After accepting the case, Ramone discovers that the book is worth less than a carton of cigarettes. With the murders of five interested parties and death threats received by Ramone and his drug-dealing partner, he learns that there are some heavy hitters out there including his own clients who have no intention of letting Ramone get his hands on The Corsican Dove. How can a $7.00 book be work dying for?

"I caught a monster. But did I become one too?" Detective Logan sacrificed everything to put serial killer Gadiel behind bars-his marriage, his sanity, even his soul. But when a new body appears with the same twisted signature, Logan's worst nightmare comes true: either Gadiel has an accomplice, or the wrong man is in prison. Now, tormented by guilt and sleepless nights, Logan must dive back into the darkness that nearly destroyed him. Haunted by visions of his ex-wife Antia-the woman he loved and failed-he walks a razor's edge between justice and obsession. As the copycat's game escalates, Logan uncovers a chilling truth: this killer isn't just mimicking Gadiel... they're perfecting his work.

In 1950s New Jersey, private detective Elias Monroe takes on what seems like a simple case: a grieving heiress desperate to uncover the truth behind her brother's sudden death. But the deeper Eli digs into smoky jazz clubs and shadowed alleys, the more he finds himself tangled in a web of secrets where nothing is as it seems, and no one can be trusted.

Presenting 12 tales starring the legendary British detective Sherlock Holmes, this 1892 book is Arthur Conan Doyle's first short-story collection. The mystery compilation includes some of Holmes's finest cases with his dutiful sidekick, Doctor Watson, most notably "A Scandal in Bohemia," in which Holmes matches wits with the crafty former lover of a European king. Also featured is "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League," a study in misdirection that unfolds to become a much larger scheme. The stories, initially published in the Strand Magazine, are essential reading for Holmes fans.

In the depths of Tokyo's underworld, the line between justice and vengeance blurs-just like the line between love and ruin. A series of chilling murders sets off a chain of events that drags the country's most elite investigators into a game far darker than they imagined. But beneath the bloodstains and secrets lies something even more dangerous: a bond forged by pain, tested by betrayal, and tangled in a history no one dares to speak of. When two souls scarred by the same tragedy collide again, it isn't justice they seek-it's understanding. And in a world where nothing is black or white, the most human thing they can do... is destroy each other.

𝙱𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜.𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝙳𝚞𝚜𝚔𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝙰 𝙰𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝙰𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝙿𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚜 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙱𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚆𝚊𝚢𝚗𝚎, 𝙶𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚖'𝚜 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠, 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚄𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚜-𝙰 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙾𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚢𝚝𝚑, 𝙴𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝙸𝚗 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚂𝚎𝚊, 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠.𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝙴𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙽𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚃𝚘 𝙱𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍.𝚂𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚜 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚖. 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝙶𝚘𝚍𝚜 𝚂𝚝𝚒𝚛. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚜 𝙶𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚖 𝚃𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙱𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙰 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝙾𝚏 𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜, 𝙰𝚛𝚒𝚊 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙱𝚛𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝙽𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙰 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚄𝚗𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐-𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙰 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝙲𝚊𝚗 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢.𝚃𝚘 𝚂𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙸𝚝, 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝙱𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝙴𝚌𝚑𝚘...𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝙸𝚗 𝙳𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚅𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜.

In the glittering world of Hollywood, where dreams are made and shattered in equal measure, a sinister plot is about to unravel... Detective Jack Hawthorne thought he'd seen it all, but the murder of legendary film producer/actor Victor Holloway is about to drag him into the darkest corners of Tinseltown. As the body count rises and the suspects multiply, Jack finds himself caught in a web of lies, deceit, and long-buried secrets. With the help of Sarah Lancaster, a rising starlet with a mysterious past, Jack must navigate the treacherous waters of Hollywood politics and uncover the truth before the killer strikes again. But in a town where everyone wears a mask, who can he really trust? From the sun-drenched studios to the shadowy back alleys, "The Final Cut" peels back the glamorous facade of Hollywood to reveal its rotten core. This gripping noir thriller will keep you guessing until the very last page, as Jack races against time to solve the case that could shake the entertainment industry to its very foundations. In Hollywood, the most dangerous stories are the ones that are true. And this might be the deadliest tale ever told. 🎬 Lights, camera, murder... Welcome to "The Final Cut." 🎬 *Are you ready for your close-up?*