Why am I passionate about this?
As a screenwriter Iāve always enjoyed noir stories, whether books or movies. Stories where the characters are not your squeaky-clean āgood guys.ā I like to see āordinaryā people; people who are flawed (like all of us), or maybe with a shady past, who are swayed or manipulated by dire circumstances into doing something they would not ordinarily do. I enjoy stories with unique, interesting characters that are not your run-of-the-mill private eyes, and whose moral compass might be a bit off. I particularly like stories where characters are forced to become investigators because of a situation they are thrust into, whether by accident or by their own dubious actions.
Steven's book list on noir crime with characters that arenāt detectives
Why did Steven love this book?
Okay, so this main character is Private Investigator, but I loved this book. A good flawed, dubious, tough-guy main character, a sexy femme fatale, dangerous mobsters, and lots of keep-you-guessing plot twists and turns. This page-turner, with great, witty, wise-guy banter, fulfills all that this Neo-Noir Crime Novel fan craves for.
1 author picked Canary in the Coal Mine as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
PI Pete Fortunato, half-Italian, half-Jewish, who suffers from anger management issues and insomnia, wakes up one morning with a bad taste in his mouth. This is never a good sign. Working out of a friendās downtown real estate office, Fortunato, who spent a mysteriously short, forgettable stint as a cop in a small upstate New York town, lives from paycheck to paycheck. So, when a beautiful woman wants to hire him to find her husband, he doesnāt hesitate to say yes. Within a day, Fortunato finds the husband in the apartment of his clientās young, stud lover. Heās been shotā¦