Palm Springs Noir (Akashic Noir)"Contrary to popular belief, noir doesn't require a bleak city street for its setting. Nor water, for that matter. Noir thrives on secrets, lies and lust, all flowing plentifully through the jewel in the Coachella Valley's fragile crown . . . For all the playfulness of the genre and the location, the wisecracks and the kidney shaped pools, there is an unmanageable darkness waiting to seep in, like so much blood in the pool water." Los Angeles Times