They're very cute. Not particularly dark, but the appropriated noir tropes are all there. Lots of dames in trouble or who are trouble, or both. A bit more of a humorous or satirical take on crossing fantasy with noir. Does a good job with the classic Raymond Chandler voice-over style of writing.
Not at all fantasy or sci-fi, but I really enjoyed on my last long car trip the detective radio series Black Jack Justice (with girl detective Trixie Dixon), a podcast from Decoder Ring Theatre.
Re: Not about rape . . .
Not at all fantasy or sci-fi, but I really enjoyed on my last long car trip the detective radio series Black Jack Justice (with girl detective Trixie Dixon), a podcast from Decoder Ring Theatre.