W.M. Akers

A Tiny Mystery

1 - Westside (May-2019)
2 - Westside Saints (May-2020)
3 - Westside Lights (Mar-2022)

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  Westside
  

  • May-2019
  • / Fantasy

  A Tiny Mystery - 1
  

  A young detective who specializes in “tiny mysteries” finds herself at the center of a massive conspiracy in this beguiling historical fantasy set on Manhattan’s Westside -- a peculiar and dangerous neighborhood home to strange magic and strang...

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  Westside Saints
  

  • May-2020
  • / Fantasy

  A Tiny Mystery - 2
  

  Return to a twisted version of Jazz Age New York in this follow up to the critically acclaimed fantasy Westside, as relentless sleuth Gilda Carr’s pursuit of tiny mysteries drags her into a case that will rewrite everything she knows about her past...

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  Critical Hit
  

  • May-2021
  • / Police Procedural

  How do you win a game that's trying to kill you?A twenty-nine year-old with a dead-end job and no ambition, Callie Myles lives for tabletop roleplaying at Critical Hit, the premier gaming store in the Appalachian hamlet of Jett Creek, Tennessee. Ther...

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  Westside Lights
  

  • Mar-2022
  • / Fantasy

  A Tiny Mystery - 3
  

  The Alienist meets the magical mystery of The Ninth House as W. M. Akers returns with the third book in his critically acclaimed Jazz Age fantasy series set in the dangerous Westside of New York City, following private detective Gilda Carr’s hunt f...

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  To Kill a Cook
  

  • Feb-2026
  • / Police Procedural

  Tender at the Bone meets Finlay Donovan is Killing It in this hilarious, fast-paced mystery about a feisty food critic in 1970s NY who finds her chef friend murdered and realizes she might be the only one to find the killer.Nobody in Manhattan eats b...

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