- Ask Not by Max Allan Collins
- Under the Eye of God by Jerome Charyn
- Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliot Chaze
- Snitch World by Jim Nisbet
- Others of My Kind by James Sallis
- The Maid’s Version by Daniel Woodrell
- 3 Steps to Hell by Arnold Hano
- Dead Lions by Mick Herron
- Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives ed. by Sarah Weinman
- Laidlaw by William McIlvanney
The king of noir Woody Haut picks the best of 2013. His list and other favorites you will find at Los Angeles Review of Books.