Brooklyn Noir 2 The Classics On the heels of the stunning success of the summer 2004 bestseller Brooklyn Noir, this second volume digs deeper into the criminal history of New York's punchiest and most alluring borough. Brooklyn Noir 2 offers short stories by the classic authors who blazed the path for the success of the first volume, which award-winning myster... more »y author Laura Lippman called "a stunningly perfect combination . . . the writing is flat-out superb, filled with lines that will sing in your head for a long time to come." Brooklyn Noir was featured in every media outlet in New York City (including two New York Times features and an appearance on the Leonard Lopate NPR radio show), as well as publications and media across the country (and the United Kingdom, Australia and Italy). Once again in Brooklyn Noir 2, each story is set in a distinct Brooklyn neighborhood and mixes masters of genre with some of the best literary fiction writers to ever set foot in the borough. These brilliant and chilling stories see crime striking in communities of Russians, Jamaicans, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Irish and many other ethnicities-in the most diverse urban location on the planet. Contributors include: H.P. Lovecraft, Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Lethem, Paul Auster, Carolyn Wheat, Paule Marshall, Thomas Wolfe, Hubert Selby, Stanley Ellin, Gilbert Sorrentino, Salvatore La Puma and more. Tim McLoughlin was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where he still resides. He is currently employed in the Kings County Supreme Court. He is the author of Heart of the Old Country (Akashic 2001) and editor of the classic Brooklyn Noir.« less