This entry in Akashic's noir series takes the gritty sensibilities born out of American film and fiction to Tehran.

The fat, fat story of the fat city /Danial Haghighi -- Fear is the best keeper of secrets / Vali Khalili -- A woman's geography is sacred / Lily Farhadpour -- The shelf life of revenge / Sima Saeedi -- The corpse fixer / Majed Neisi -- Lariyan's day in the sun / Aida Moradi Ahani -- The whitest set of teeth in Tehran / Salar Abdoh -- The restlessness of a serial killer at the finish line / Javad Afhami -- My own marble Jesus / Mahsa Mohebali -- In the flophouse / Farhaad Heidari Gooran -- A stoning before breakfast / Azardokht Bahrami -- Bridge of Simon / Yourik Karim-Masihi -- Not every bullet is meant for a king / Hossein Abkenar -- The groom's return / Mahak Taheri -- The graverdiggers kaddish / Gina B. Hanai.