Jewish Noir 2 - Tales of Crime and Other Dark Deeds

"Jewish Noir II is unique collection of twenty-three all-new stories (and one reprint) by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers, including numerous award-winning authors such as Gabriela Aleámn, Doug Allyn, Rita Lakin, Rabbi Ilene Schneider, E.J. Wagner, and Kenneth Wishnia, with a foreword by MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block. The stories explore such issues as the perpetual challenge of confronting resurgent anti-Semitism in the US, the enduring legacy of regional warfare in the land of Israel since biblical times, how the "entitled" behavior of certain ultra-Orthodox communities can fuel anti-Semitic attitudes, Jewish support of the civil rights movement, greedy Jewish businessmen who reinforce negative ethnic stereotypes, the excesses of "golden ghetto" American Jews, the appeal of "tough" Israeli-Jewish soldiers and mercenaries, how real estate fortunes are made, and the consequences of political corruption that feed into an exploitive system, how obsession can lead "good" people to do "bad" things. The stories in this collection include many "teachable moments" about the history of prejudice, and the contradictions of ethnic identity and assimilation into American society."--

List of contents

Foreword by Lawrence Block

Introduction by Kenneth Wishnia and Chantelle Aimée Osman

LEGACIES
Taking Names by Steven Wishnia
Sanctuary by Doug Allyn
The Cost of Something Priceless by Elizabeth Zelvin
The Black and White Cookie by Jeff Markowitz

SCATTERED AND DISPERSED
Islands by Gabriela Alemán
Datura by Joy Mahabir
Rhododendrons by Xu Xi
Mosquitoes over Bamako by Yigal Zur

A SHANDEH FAR DI GOYIM (YOU SHAME US IN FRONT OF THE WORLD)
Wishboned by Jill D. Block
The Shabbes Goy by Craig Faustus Buck
To Catch a Ganef by Lizzie Skurnick
Inheritance by Terry Shames

THE GOD OF MERCY
Brother’s Keeper by Eileen Rendahl
If It Doesn’t Kill You, Just Wait by D.M. Evans
The Almost Sisters by Ellen Kirschman
Crossover by Zoe Quinton

THE GOD OF VENGEANCE
Bride of Torches by Kenneth Wishnia
Paying the Ferryman by E.J. Wagner
The Just Men of Bennett Avenue by A.J. Sidrasky
Triangle by Rabbi Ilene Schneider

AMERICAN SPLENDOR
The Nazi in the Basement by Rita Lakin
Winter Chill by L.S. Sharrow
The Hanukkah Killer by Robin Hemley
Hunter by Jen Conley

Contributors

About the author

Kenneth Wishnia’s novels include 23 Shades of Black, an Edgar Allan Poe Award and Anthony Award finalist; Soft Money, a Library Journal Best Mystery of the Year; Red House, a Washington Post “Rave” Book of the Year; and The Fifth Servant, an Indie Notable selection, a Jewish Press Best Mystery of the Year, winner of a Premio Letterario ADEI-WIZO, and a finalist for the Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery Award. He edited the Anthony Award–nominated anthology Jewish Noir for PM Press. He teaches writing, literature, and other deviant forms of thought at Suffolk Community College on Long Island. www.kennethwishnia.com.

Lawrence Block has been writing crime, mystery and suspense fiction for more than half a century. He has published in excess of 100 books and no end of short stories. lawrenceblock.com.

Summary

Jewish Noir II is unique collection of twenty-three all-new stories (and one reprint) by Jewish and non-Jewish literary and genre writers, including numerous award-winning authors such as Gabriela Alemán, Doug Allyn, Rita Lakin, Rabbi Ilene Schneider, E.J. Wagner, and Kenneth Wishnia, with a foreword by MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block. The stories explore such issues as the perpetual challenge of confronting resurgent anti-Semitism in the US, the enduring legacy of regional warfare in the land of Israel since biblical times, how the “entitled” behavior of certain ultra-Orthodox communities can fuel anti-Semitic attitudes, Jewish support of the civil rights movement, greedy Jewish businessmen who reinforce negative ethnic stereotypes, the excesses of “golden ghetto” American Jews, the appeal of “tough” Israeli-Jewish soldiers and mercenaries, how real estate fortunes are made, and the consequences of political corruption that feed into an exploitive system, how obsession can lead “good” people to do “bad” things. The stories in this collection include many “teachable moments” about the history of prejudice, and the contradictions of ethnic identity and assimilation into American society.

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“Some seriously good stuff here… this goy loved it.”
—Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“[Wishnia writes for] a diverse audience of intelligent readers…. I eagerly await his next venture into any period of Jewish history.”
—Jewish Book World
“Jewish Noir will dazzle crime fiction readers of every variety.”
—Jenny Milchman, USA Today bestselling author of As Night Falls
“A little angst, some healthy cynicism, a touch of guilt, a few wisecracks and some very good stories. What else were you expecting?”
—Michael Moorcock, author of Mother London
“A hearty mazel tov to the ingenious team who created and assembled this vivid and wide-ranging collection.”
—Linda Barnes, author of The Perfect Ghost

Product details

• Assisted by: Chantelle Aim Osman (Editor), Chantelle Aimee Osman (Editor), Chantelle Aimée Osman (Editor), Kenneth Wishnia (Editor), Wishnia Kenneth (Editor), Lawrence Block (Foreword), Block Lawrence (Foreword)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.2022
• EAN: 9781629638225
• ISBN: 978-1-62963-822-5
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION / Jewish, FICTION / Noir, Modern & contemporary fiction