Fantasy noir combines the best of two genres. These are the books that do it well.

Her name was Silvia and as soon as she walked into my office, I knew she was trouble, I just didn’t know how much.

“You are Tidhar, the obscure novelist?” she said.

“What’s it to you, Toots?” I said.

“It’s about our column,” she said. Cigarette smoke eddied lazily in the still air of the room and the shadows. “It needs writing, and fast.”