Hamburg Noir

SUMMER NOIR
Sarda’s tribute to Jim Thompson’s After Dark, My Sweet and its neo-noir film adaptation is featured in Red Herrings, the magazine of the Crime Writers’ Association.

SUMMER CRUSH
The cover of Bad Cop, the second book in Sarda’s Hamburg Noir series, is showcased in BookLife’s “Summer 2026 Cover Crush: Portals to New Worlds.”


HAMBURG NOIR 1

Fans of noir fiction will revel in this twisty story of tough cops, brutal gangsters and other denizens of Hamburg’s underworld.
— Publishers Weekly

HAMBURG NOIR 2

A strong sequel and a pitch-dark noir pulsing with action in its own right, ‘Bad Cop’ will keep thriller readers engaged and eager for more.
— Publishers Weekly (Editor’s Pick)

HAMBURG NOIR 3

Sarda’s brutal modern thriller ... explodes like a Molotov cocktail ... culminating in the kind of engaging, street-level crime fiction noir fans crave.
— Publishers Weekly