On the Shelf 'Palm Springs Noir' Edited by Barbara Demarco-BarrettAkashic: 304 pages, $17If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Like the rest of Southern California, Palm Springs is built on a precarious relationship with water. AdvertisementBarbara DeMarco-Barrett, editor of the new fiction anthology “Palm Springs Noir.” (Travis Barrett)“Palm Springs Noir” leaves the sliding glass door open for ghosts present as well as past. “Palm Springs Noir” collects stories from T. Jefferson Parker, Janet Fitch (pictured), Eric Beetner, Tod Goldberg, Rob Roberge, J.D. (Cat Gwynn / Akashic Books)The outlaw and the outcast have always found a home among the yucca and cholla in the desert sprawl of Palm Springs.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 08, 2021 12:56 UTC