"Humaydan writes in her introduction to this haunting anthology that 'all of the stories are somehow framed by the Lebanese civil war, which lasted from approximately 1974 until 1990 . . . ' The crimes in this Akashic noir volume are often submerged in the greater tragedy of a beautiful city constantly torn within and without by violence." --Publishers Weekly
"In Beirut Noir, Iman Humaydan has selected a beautiful and often heartbreaking...