Hamburg Noir

About

Peter Sarda is a third-generation Californian who has lived and worked in Hamburg, Germany, for over 20 years. His crime thriller series, Hamburg Noir, is set in his adoptive home, a rugged harbor town with lots of old trading money, a "sinful mile" devoted to the world's oldest profession, and a colorful criminal underworld.

Hamburg Noir is recommended by Publishers Weekly for fans of Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Philip Kerr, Jakob Arjouni, and Simone Buchholz. Edda Green, the third book in the series, is cited in The Strand Mystery Magazine’s list of ”Books you need to read” and is a contender for the Kirkus Indie Award. The cover of Bad Cop, the second book in the series, will be featured in BookLife’s “Summer 2026 Cover Crush - Escapes.”

Hamburg Noir was showcased at the London Book Fair and is stocked by Waterstones Piccadilly. The series can also be purchased online from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Foyles, Indigo, and Waterstones. Digital review copies are available on Edelweiss.

Sarda is an active member of the Crime Writers’ Association, where he writes “pulp to film” articles for Red Herrings magazine. He is also a “shamus” of the Film Noir Foundation and the primary source for “Crime and the City: Hamburg” on CrimeReads.