Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of city-based noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Each book is comprised of stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. The original D.C. , a groundbreaking collection of new fiction by sixteen different writers, displayed the curatorial prowess of best-selling author George Pelecanos. In D.C. , Pelecanos once again assembles an enchanting array of dark and subversive stories, this time selecting the very best of Washington’s historical literary legacy.
