L. A. Noire: The Collected Stories Now Available to Pre-Order

A few days ago we reported on a book of collected stories that tie in to the upcoming "interactive crime drama" game L. A. Noire. At the time, the book -- to be published in digital format only -- was not available to pre-order. That has changed, and we have the provided links to several sources below, all of which are currently offering the ebook at 99 cents.

Published by Mulholland Books in partnership with Rockstar Games, this anthology includes original short fiction by Megan Abbott, Lawrence Block, Joe Lansdale, Joyce Carol Oates, Francine Prose, Jonathan Santlofer, Duane Swierczynski and Andrew Vachss. Set in 1940s Hollywood, murder, deception and mystery take center stage as readers come across not only familiar faces, but familiar cases from the game that take on a new spin to tell the tales of emotionally torn protagonists, depraved schemers and their ill-fated victims.

L. A. Noire: The Collected Stories is scheduled to be published June 6th, 2011. It is currently available to pre-order from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and the Apple iBookstore.