There was indeed, and it was a really solid collection of stories that had characters from the game in it. And they got some really good writers to contribute, too. I believe it was only released as an ebook, here’s the link to the kindle version. Well worth checking out.
It's on Amazon in the UK, so if you're in another country it might appear soon LA Noire PS4
You're trying to play it on Windows 10, right? I've had trouble getting the game to work as well, and from what I can attest, this workaround seems to fix the issue: https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/L.A._Noire#Crash-to-desktop_on_Windows_8
I’m a bit late to the party, but I heard John Buntin’s L.A. Noir, a non-fiction work, is very good. You can even find Mickey Cohen there! Here is the link of Amazon.