Noir

Noir fiction is a name given to a mode of crime fiction which can be regarded as a subset of the hardboiled style.

In this sub-genre, the protagonist is usually not a detective, but instead either a victim, a suspect, or a perpetrator. He is someone tied directly to the crime, not an outsider called to solve or fix the situation.


See also pulp noir.
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Las madres (Elena Blanco, #4)
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Blood Ties (Kongeriket, #2)
La bestia
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The Kingdom
Even Though I Knew the End
Catedrales
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Maltese Falcon
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Long Goodbye (Philip Marlowe, #6)
The Black Dahlia (L.A. Quartet, #1)
Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
Double Indemnity
The Thin Man
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe, #4)
The High Window (Philip Marlowe, #3)
L.A. Confidential (L.A. Quartet, #3)
The Killer Inside Me
The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)
In a Lonely Place
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She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,” the priest said.
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