John Belshaw and Diane Purvey's best-selling history of trouble in the Terminal City, Vancouver Noir, 1930-1960(Anvil $25) is being helped along by growing interest in the era. The Arts Club Theatre Company production of Helen Lawrence: Vancouver Confidential -- a visually ambitious production evocative of film noir created by artist Stan Douglas [see D is for Douglas] and screenwriter/producer Chris Haddock - has completed its run at home and is now preparing for a world tour. Similarly, the success of Aaron Chapman's Liquor, Lust, and the Law: The Story of Vancouver's Legendary Penthouse Nightclub (Arsenal $25) and writer/producer Stevie Wilson's short documentary on the Dirty Thirties, Catch the Westbound Train (2013) feed a local appetite for stories from mid-century Vancouver. Wilson, Chapman, Belshaw, and Purvey are among fourteen authors and artists contributing to a forthcoming collection of new histories from the Sam Spade-era, Vancouver Confidential (Anvil $20).