**Intact Gift Giving Condition book**

Neo-noir plots are both familiar and diverse, found in a host of media formats today, and now span the globe. This book examines the contrasting forms neo-noir has taken on screen, asking what prompts our continued interest in tales of criminality and moral uncertainty. Yet despite its apparent prevalence―and increased academic attention―many core questions remain unanswered. What has propelled noir’s appeal, half a century on after its supposed decline?