Harry's bar. The "who's who" of the city frequented here. While Lola sang her heart out and seductively laid on the piano, Charles Royston sat uneasily at the front and centre table. He was supposed to be enjoying the release of his new flick, but the mobsters giving him the eye from across the room put a dampener on that.

Lola's husband propped up the bar while he pickled his insides with his whisky. Tommy, the guy tinkering on the ivory's stopped caring a while ago. Sure, sleeping with a bookies wife would be bad if it ever got out, but the guy was always three sheets to the wind and there's a reason why Lola wore long sleeve dresses.

Out back, Harry was skimming a little off the top to pay off the cops to turn a blind eye when his next counterfeit supply came through. He couldn't tell you what it was, it changed from week to week.

Outside, Lewis and Morgan looked down at a chalk outline of a body, muttering something about "poor kid only just got back from war" but still flick a cigarette butt into the middle of the crime scene.

And across town, from a fifth story window. A private eye looks down at the city, city lights dancing like moths to the sound a wailing police siren. Some dame who's name he forgot a while ago crying about her "rat bastard" husband offering more money than he'll see in a month to find him.

Never a dull day in Noirville, is it?

Tropes and clichés are that for a reason, they work. And it's part of the reason I love Noir films and books. And I hope you do to!

So, ask yourself one question. Who ya gonna be, kid? Are you the new rookie cop who doesn't like the way the old school cops get paid off? A young gal dreaming of making it big on the silver screen? Or what if you're from Henry Hill's school of thought; "As far back as I can remember, I wanted to be a gangster".

Maybe even you're the one calling the shots, a big time movie director trying to bring back the golden age?

The choice is yours. Just when that director shouts "Action!", get into character and let the world fade to Noir et Blanc.

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