{"product_id":"westside-lights-a-novel-isbn-9780063043961","title":"Westside Lights: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Alienist \u003c\/em\u003emeets the magical mystery of\u003cem\u003e The Ninth House \u003c\/em\u003eas 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 for the truth—one tiny mystery at a time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Like a literary shot of Prohibition-era rotgut moonshine—bracing, quite possibly hallucination-inducing, and unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before.” — \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review) on \u003cem\u003eWestside\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Westside of Manhattan is desolate, overgrown, and dangerous—and Gilda Carr wouldn’t have it any other way. An eccentric detective whose pursuit of tiny mysteries has dragged her to the brink of madness, Gilda spends 1923 searching for something that’s eluded her for years: peace. On the revitalized waterfront of the Lower West, Gilda and the gregarious ex-gangster Cherub Stevens start a new life on a stolen yacht. But their old life isn’t done with them yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey dock their boat on the edge of the White Lights District, a new tenderloin where liquor, drugs, sex, and violence are shaken into a deadly cocktail. When her pet seagull vanishes into the District, Gilda throws herself into the search for the missing bird. Up late watching the river for her pet, Gilda has one drink too many and passes out in the cabin of her waterfront home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe wakes to a massacre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight people have been slaughtered on the deck of the \u003cem\u003eMisery Queen\u003c\/em\u003e, and Cherub is among the dead. Gilda, naturally, is the prime suspect. Hunted by the police, the mob, and everyone in between, she must stay free long enough to find the person who stained the Hudson with her beloved’s blood. She will discover that on her Westside, no lights are bright enough to drive away the darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“[In] W. M. Akers’s superb debut \u003cem\u003eWestside\u003c\/em\u003e…his research is excellent…his prose sharply crystalline.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe City \u0026amp; The City\u003c\/em\u003e in this brilliant debut that mixes fantasy and mystery. Gilda Carr’s ‘tiny mysteries’ pack a giant punch.”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Murder as a Fine Art, on Westside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Akers’ debut novel is an addictively readable fusion of mystery, dark fantasy, alternate history, and existential horror...It’s like a literary shot of Prohibition-era rotgut moonshine—bracing, quite possibly hallucination-inducing, and unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before...The illegitimate love child of Algernon Blackwood and Raymond Chandler.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review) on Westside\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Highly recommended for readers who like their genres so bent that they flow into each other, where the fantasy is so dark it’s nearly horror and the mystery uncovers rot and magic in equal measure.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review) on Westside Lights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The characters and setting of 1923 work perfectly here and the story is one you want to keep reading along.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRed Carpet Crash on Westside Lights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Westside novels are splendid mixtures of traditional mystery and other-Earth fantasy.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Voyager","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890391019749,"sku":"NP9780063043961","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063043961.jpg?v=1730233178","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/westside-lights-a-novel-isbn-9780063043961","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}