Tehran Noir

Vali Khalili's story "Fear Is the Best Keeper of Secrets" has been named a finalist for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award for Best P.I. Short Story!
Named a Notable Translation of 2014 by World Literature Today
"This entry in Akashic's noir series takes the gritty sensibilities born out of American film and fiction to Tehran."
—Publishers Weekly
"A tour de force not to be missed."
—World Literature Today
"Tehran Noir is not only a solid crime collection, but an illuminating look into day-to-day life in the Middle East, with religious and political implications galore, as well as racial tensions bubbling just beneath the surface...The stories in Tehran Noir aren't always easy to read, but they are engaging in the extreme."
—San Francisco Book Review
"The 15 stories in this collection also come from a stellar and diverse cast of Iranian writers....A...