History Literature / PutTheSepiaOn

The series contains examples of:

*** The Welles love goes even deeper, as the book is dedicate to him.

* WickedCultured: Lime *tries* to come off as this, and mostly succeeds, but the implied cannibalism hurst his case.

** Lime is named after Harry Lime from Film/TheThirdMan, Rita is named for Creator/RitaHayworth, and Coral is named after Lizabeth Scott's character in DeadReckoning.

** Each chapter opens with a quote from an old film noir movie (specifically, Film/DeadReckoning, Film/TheThirdMan, Film/TheMalteseFalcon, Film/TheBlueDahlia, Film/{{Gilda}}, and Film/TheLadyFromShanghai).

''Put the Sepia On'' is a HardboiledDetective novella by Nick Feldman. It's set in a dystopian CrapsackWorld, and is narrated by PrivateEyeMonologue. Beyond the [[TheNameless detective]], there's a pair of [[FemmeFatale femme fatales]], a monstrous FriendlyEnemy, and a sniveling DirtyCoward. The plot is initially straightforward, as the detective is hired by a beautiful young woman called Coral to find her missing brother, but things pretty quickly spiral out of control and the detective quickly finds himself caught between [[MegaCorp the Corporation]] that runs the city and the monstrous, genetically engineered biker thugs known as "the Dogs."

** Lime is named after Harry Lime from Film/TheThirdMan, Rita is named for Rita Hayworth, and Coral is named after Lizabeth Scott's character in DeadReckoning.

* EvilIsSexy: Rita.

* ShoutOut: Each chapter opens with a quote from an old film noir movie (specifically, DeadReckoning, TheThirdMan, TheMalteseFalcon, TheBlueDahlia, {{Gilda}}, and TheLadyFromShanghai).
** Lime is named after Harry Lime from TheThirdMan, Rita is named for Rita Hayworth, and Coral is named after Lizabeth Scott's character in DeadReckoning.

** Which is actually a lyric from the above mentioned prequel record.

"Put the Sepia On" is a HardboiledDetective novella by Nick Feldman. It's set in a dystopian CrapsackWorld, and is narrated by PrivateEyeMonologue. Beyond the [[TheNameless detective]], there's a pair of [[FemmeFatale femme fatales]], a monstrous FriendlyEnemy, and a sniveling DirtyCoward. The plot is initially straightforward, as the detective is hired by a beautiful young woman called Coral to find her missing brother, but things pretty quickly spiral out of control and the detective quickly finds himself caught between [[MegaCorp the Corporation]] that runs the city and the monstrous, genetically engineered biker thugs known as "the Dogs."

* CheckhovsGun: The detective keeps his in a hollowed out compartment in his bicep.

** Lime is named after Harry Lime from TheThirdMan, Rita is named for RitaHayworth, and Coral is named after Lizabeth Scott's character in DeadReckoning.

"Put the Sepia On" is a HardboiledDetective novella by Nick Feldman. It's set in a dystopian CrapsackWorld, and is narrated by PrivateEyeMonologue. Beyond the [[TheNameless detective]], there's a pair of [[FemmeFatale femme fatales]], a monstrous FriendlyEnemy, and DirtyCoward. The plot is initially straightforward, as the detective is hired by a beautiful young woman called Coral to find her missing brother, but things pretty quickly spiral out of control and the detective quickly finds himself caught between [[MegaCorp the Corporation]] that runs the city and the monstrous, genetically engineered biker thugs known as "the Dogs."

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* Crapsack World: Bigtime. The world (or at leas the city) is run by the heartless Corporation, all the citizenry is kept heavily medicated, and the only real opposition to the Corporation is a giant gang of mutated, man-eating bikers.

* PrivateEyeMonologue: The method of narration.