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LA Noire: The Collected Stories bound in eBook form this June

See now, this is confidence.

LA Noire's exploration of the seedy, criminal underbelly of a big city through the eyes of a hard-boiled detective is something pretty special in the gaming world. But in books? There are maybe one or two with a similar premise. Just a few.

But a crowded marketplace isn't keeping Rockstar from releasing L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories through eBook services on June 6. The anthology collects Hollywood tales from authors like Megan Abbott, Joyce Carol Oates and Jonathan Santlofer that share not only the game's 1940s setting but also some of its characters.

If you'd like a taste of what to expect, you can find a sample of Megan Abbott's "The Girl" right here.