Megan Abbott, whose work has often dealt with real-life noir stories, lures the reader—and L.A. Noire character erstwhile actress June Ballard—into the depraved goings-on at an infamous Hollywood party.

Award-winning author Lawrence Block delivers a poignant and painful look at domestic abuse and its harrowing aftermath as a retired L.A. cop recounts the story that has haunted and colored his life.

In this story of love, betrayal, and murder, Joe R. Lansdale creates a vivid protagonist who confronts an ugly truth in his past to solve a crime in the present before L.A. Noire homicide detective Rusty Galloway even has a lead.

Distinguished writer of bestselling fiction and nonfiction Francine Prose goes full throttle in her darkly humorous take on Hollywood, the making of noir films, and acting that goes far beyond the Method.

Well-known artist and award-winning writer Jonathan Santlofer, who has often explored the dark psychological makeup of criminals and sociopaths, here crafts a tale of murder and identity that is both heartbreaking and terrifying.

Duane Swierczynski, the author of several crime thrillers, including the Edgar-nominated Expiration Date and Fun & Games, reveals the dizzying spiral of duplicity that drives L.A. Noire character William Shelton into a headlong collision with the wrong side of the law.

Whether in fiction or in real life, Mr. Vachss always takes on important and disturbing social issues in his work. Here is a pointed, painful look at the bitter racism, shaped by prejudice and combat, that fuels a couple of postwar hit men.

Rockstar Games has partnered with Mulholland Books to publish a collection of short fiction expanding the world of the newest groundbreaking achievement in storytelling: the interactive crime thriller L.A. Noire. 1940s Hollywood, murder, deception and mystery take center stage as readers reintroduce themselves to characters seen in L.A. Noire. Explore the lives of actresses desperate for the Hollywood spotlight; heroes turned defeated men; and classic Noir villains. Readers will come across not only familiar faces, but familiar cases from the game that take on a new spin to tell the tales of emotionally torn protagonists, depraved schemers and their ill-fated victims. With original short fiction by Megan Abbott, Lawrence Block, Joe Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oates, Francine Prose, Jonathan Santlofer, Duane Swierczynski and Andrew Vachss, L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories breathes new life into a time-honored American tradition, in an exciting anthology that will appeal to fans of suspense and gamers everywhere.