Westside LightsThe 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 Carrs hunt for the truthone tiny mystery at a time. Like a literary shot of Prohibition era rotgut moonshinebracing, quite possibly hallucination inducing, and unlike anything youve ever experienced before. Kirkus

No more joy in hearing a child call her Mommy

But a powerful new enemy stands in her way

The gripping first installment in global bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s epic

And that’s falling for someone she’s determined to destroy

Readers are gripped by Trick or Treat:

and a penguin-man—lurk around every corner

But then Ivan is kidnapped by giant—and stinky

or Little Frog

politicians and poets

despite overwhelming opposition—and that the hopes of those who voted for him have not been dashed despite the smokescreen of extremist propaganda and the limits of short-term perspective

has attempted suicide

Taggart and Torrens have infused their first book with equal parts beer and pop culture and added a heaping helping of irreverence