Hamburg Noir

About

Peter Sarda is a third-generation Californian who has lived and worked in Hamburg, Germany, for over 20 years. Publishers Weekly compares his hardboiled crime fiction to that of Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, Philip Kerr, Jakob Arjouni, and Simone Buchholz.

Sarda’s first novel, Cash-n-Carry, is a coming-of-age story based on his rough-and-tumble upbringing in the murder capital of the Golden State. His gritty detective 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 robust and colorful criminal underworld. The third book in the series is cited in The Strand Mystery Magazine’s 2025 list of “Books you need to read this spring.”

As a member of the Crime Writers’ Association, Sarda contributes to Red Herrings magazine and CWA Readers’ News. He is a “shamus” of the Film Noir Foundation and the primary source for “Crime and the City: Hamburg” on CrimeReads.

Sarda’s books are available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookfinity, Bookshop.org, Edelweiss, Foyles, Indigo, and Waterstones.