Coffee & Cigarettes: Pulp-Noir-Short Stories

De: Eric Leckey

Narrado por: Bill Nevitt

This is the 2nd book in a series of Pulp Noir.

The rich history of Pulp stories are pure Americana. Written like a script from Film Noir movie, you are to be transported to a time in the 30's, 40's or 50's, where the liquor flowed freely and there was always a Crosley radio playing in some room off in the distance. The stories don't always end on a high note, or even end at all. The magic of a Pulp Noir short story is that the listener is supposed to wonder what comes next. After the last word on the page, the story for the characters moves on long after the final sentence. Unless the character is lying face down in a pool of blood or off to the clink. The listener is to guess as to what happens next and what came before.

Pulp Noir is more about a small slice or life, a moment in time, and usually a dark one. So please enjoy. Pour yourself a nice warm drink, dim the lights...conjure up in your consciousness; Femme Fatales, handguns, seedy bars, bad luck, thieves, scoundrels, a book of matches, a pack of Pall Mall's, low lighting, and definitely everything in glorious black and white.

©2018 Eric Leckey (P)2019 Eric Leckey

Great plots

I love noir stories and I really like the rhythm os the stories and the narrator. I received this title for free in exchange for an unbiased review

Great collection of short stories.

Coffee & Cigarettes: Pulp-Noir-Short Stories.
One of the best short story collections I've ever read.
So good I am going to look for the first collection.
I was given a free copy of this audio book at my own request, and voluntarily leave this review.

Excellent

this brought back memory’s of the detective novels my grandpa was always reading
The Golden era when cops relied on wit to solve a crime
Well narrated and very entertaining highly recommended
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Just like dimestore detective novels! Wonderful!

Enjoyable and entertaining! A wonderful book that you will keep going back to over and over just to read one short story, here and there, whenever you have a moment. There are police detectives, smalltime crooks, private investigators and more. Just when you figure that you know how a story will end, there will be a twist and the story takes a whole new turn.
The narration was so well done. His voice was very suited to this book.. Definitely, a great listen!

Entertaining Ellery Queen style detective stories

Coffee and Cigarettes by Eric Leckey is a collection of short stories that take the reader back to the days of Ellery Queen and the detectives that had to follow the clues the hard way, no computers to guide the way. Sometimes it ends well and sometimes not. The author does a great job of drawing the reader in right from the start which is good considering he only has a short story to work with. The stories were told from a variety of points of view--the detectives, the thieves, the innocent. Stories of detectives finding their quarry; a young innocent girl, or is she? safecrackers stumbling on another burglar; a "Mutt and Jeff" type thieving duo and even an abusive husband getting his just dues. I like the short story format as I could listen to just one of the stories at a time or several if I had more time. It is an entertaining book to listen to and Bill Nevitt does a great job telling the stories, giving distinctive voices to the characters. I might have to go back and get a copy of the first collection of these stories, Alcohol and Cigarettes.

Good old-fashioned short crime dramas

This was a nice set of crime stories just long and short enough to be enjoyed one story at a time. All were interesting and with a great narrator who is perfect for this type of book, you can't go wrong. I was voluntarily provided this review copy audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator.

Enjoyable read, excellent narration

Coffee & Cigarettes: Pulp-Noir_Short Stories is my first read from author Eric Leckey. Bill Nevitt’s narration is, as always, excellent and adds greatly to the book’s enjoyment, in fact, it was his excellence in narration that attracted me to this book. Now that I've read an Eric Leckey book I'll be looking to read more. I was given an Audible copy of this book & am voluntarily reviewing it. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).

Quite a good collection of pulp-noir..:)

I love the old Humphrey Bogart kind of noir movies and this collection of short stories reminded me of them:)
Some of the stories are better and more surprising than others, one or two are more or less predictable, but all have that feel of the 30s-50s books and movies that we love and think of as the classic pulp-noir fiction.

Narration by Mr Nevitt adds another layer to the stories; he makes the character come to life - some are really brilliantly done:) and all have distinctive voices... It's a very good interpretation of the book.

DISCLAIMER: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Very gritty bites of pulp fiction...............

Coffee & Cigarettes is a very unique offering including 13 short stories of various lengths. All of the stories feature cops and criminals in true noir fashion - very black and white, good or bad with little overlap in between. These stories take place in a time before smart phones, computers, DNA/crime scene investigation, and the author does a great job of describing the historical setting of cops using good old fashioned investigating skills to solve crimes. My biggest problem with the stories is that they were a little too short for me to really become interested in the characters and/or outcomes. However, if you are looking for some quick, entertaining stories that don't require much attention to detail or emotional investment, Coffee & Cigarettes is a great choice.

Bill Nevitt's narration is excellent as always. He has a very clear, precise delivery, and his narration is very smooth. He handled the gritty, harsh aspect of the stories with skill, and I highly recommend anything that he narrates.

I received a copy of this audiobook at my request in exchange for this honest review.

Pulp Noir & Cigarettes

A great collection of short stories set in the golden age of pulp noir mysteries. Fedoras, trench coats and cigarettes abound! I could almost see the characters lighting their smokes when the stress got to be too much!

If you enjoy the old time pulp noir detectives, you will enjoy this collection. Each story is entertaining in its own way and I enjoyed them all. Full of robberies, burglaries, murders and domestic abuse, set against the backdrop of WWII, this is an entertaining set of stories. Each one is the perfect length for a commute or a spurt of exercise. Reminiscent of Ellery Queen and Sam Spade, I enjoyed the old-fashioned feel of these stories.

Bill Nevitt does his usual excellent job in the narration of these stories and really added a lot to my enjoyment of this collection. I was given the chance to listen to this book by the narrator/author/publisher and chose to review it.