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Sheltering Night: A Classic Noir Tale of Suspicion and Survival
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781627553582
Publisher: Black Curtain Press
Published: Jun 14 2013
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A taut noir narrative in which apparent refuge gives way to suspicion, pressure, and quiet menace. In Sheltering Night, Steve Fisher draws his characters into a confined emotional and physical space where motives remain uncertain and loyalties shift without warning. What begins as a situation of safety gradually reveals itself as something far more precarious, as hidden intentions surface and the illusion of control begins to fracture.
Fisher's prose is lean and controlled, characteristic of classic hardboiled fiction, where atmosphere and implication carry as much weight as action. The tension builds through close observation and psychological pressure rather than spectacle, forcing characters into decisions that expose their vulnerabilities and moral limits. As the situation tightens, the possibility of escape-whether physical or emotional-becomes increasingly remote.
Sheltering Night will appeal to readers of noir fiction, hardboiled crime, and psychologically driven suspense, offering a tightly constructed narrative shaped by restraint, ambiguity, and consequence.
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