Rockstar Games has partnered with Muholland Books and number of notable authors to publish a series of short stories, some of which are based on the characters and cases found in detective-crime thriller, L.A. Noire. L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories will release for digital download on June 6, 2011 through e-book retailers.
“L.A. Noire draws on a rich history of not just film, but also great crime literature for inspiration,” said Sam Houser, Founder of Rockstar Games. “Using the game’s world as a springboard, we worked with the genre’s best writers to create stories that lived up to the finest traditions of crime fiction.”
Authors of these stories include Megan Abbott, Lawrence Block, Joe Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oates, Francine Prose, Jonathan Santlofer, Duane Swierczynski and Andrew Vachss. An excerpt from “The Girl” by Megan Abbott is available for reading at Rockstar’s website.
