13 Best mystery books like Westside Saints by W.M. Akers

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Westside Saints

By: W.M. Akers

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Return to a twisted version of Jazz Age New York in this follow up to the critically acclaimed fant…

If you liked the mystery plot in Westside Saints by W.M. Akers , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1)

By: Lisa Lutz

3.88

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Meet Isabel "Izzy" Spellman, private investigator. This twenty-eight-year-old may have a checkered … read more

Similar categories in Lisa Lutz's The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1) book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Somebody is always hiding something."

-Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1)

"No one is going to abduct me, Rae." "That's what all abductees say."

-Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1)

"What's her name?" "None of your business." "That can't possibly be her name."

-Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1)

"She suspects her husband, Jake, might be gay." "Did you suggest she ask him?" Mom laughed. "Of course not. Business is slow."

-Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files (The Spellmans, #1)

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2. All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

By: Walter Mosley

3.96

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Zella Grisham never denied shooting her boyfriend. That’s not why she did eight years of hard time … read more

Similar categories in Walter Mosley's All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4) book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • mystery
  • fiction
"I wondered if I could just drop the role I carried like a mantle of a dethroned prince."

-Walter Mosley, All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

"The girl was cinnamon colored in the way of Native America after it had been raped by Europe."

-Walter Mosley, All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

"There are as many kinds of love as there are flowers and bugs put together but men and women and their needs are all the same."

-Walter Mosley, All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

"I don’t give a fuck what you’re trying to do or what you want. I’d send your ass away if you were a white man with a red ribbon tied around your dick."

-Walter Mosley, All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

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3. Constellation Games

By: Leonard Richardson

4.57

Format: None pages, ebook

First contact isn't all fun and games. Ariel Blum is pushing thirty and doesn't have much to show f… read more

Similar categories in Leonard Richardson's Constellation Games book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • science fiction
  • fiction

4. Join

By: Steve Toutonghi

4.18

Format: None pages, Hardcover

What if you could live multiple lives simultaneously, have constant, perfect companionship, and nev… read more

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5. City on Fire

By: Garth Risk Hallberg

2.00

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

New York City, 1976. Meet Regan and William Hamilton-Sweeney, estranged heirs to one of the city's … read more

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6. Passing Strange

By: Ellen Klages

4.23

Format: 11 pages, ebook

San Francisco in 1940 is a haven for the unconventional. Tourists flock to the cities within the ci… read more

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7. Sleep No More (October Daye, #17)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

October is very happy with her life as the second daughter of her pureblood parents, Amandine and S… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's Sleep No More (October Daye, #17) book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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8. The Saint of Bright Doors

By: Vajra Chandrasekera

3.71

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

The Saint of Bright Doors sets the high drama of divine revolutionaries and transcendent cults agai… read more

Similar categories in Vajra Chandrasekera's The Saint of Bright Doors book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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9. Haunted Holiday (Sinister Summer #5)

By: Kiersten White

4.10

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

Giant battle robots! Cotton candy betrayal! Blasts from the past! And the ultimate challenge to sta… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Haunted Holiday (Sinister Summer #5) book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. The Innocent Sleep (October Daye, #18)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

For one bright, shining moment, Tybalt, King of Cats, had everything he had ever wanted. He was soo… read more

Similar categories in Seanan McGuire's The Innocent Sleep (October Daye, #18) book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) by Django Wexler

11. How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1)

By: Django Wexler

3.77

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

Groundhog Day meets Guardians of the Galaxy in Django Wexler’s laugh-out-loud fantasy tale about a … read more

Similar categories in Django Wexler's How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi, #1) book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • time travel
  • fiction
  • horror
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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12. Same Bed Different Dreams

By: Ed Park

3.77

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

A wild, sweeping novel that imagines an alternate secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves … read more

Similar categories in Ed Park's Same Bed Different Dreams book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • historical
  • alternate history
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
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13. The Quiet Room (Rabbits, #2)

By: Terry Miles

4.01

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The lore and legends around the underground game known as Rabbits gain new dimensions in this twist… read more

Similar categories in Terry Miles's The Quiet Room (Rabbits, #2) book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
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14. All Eyes on Her

By: Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

3.71

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and We Were Liars, All Eyes on Her by L.E. Flynn is a grippi… read more

Similar categories in Laurie Elizabeth Flynn's All Eyes on Her book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • mystery
  • fiction
"Everyone says boys will be boys, but girls? Girls will be monsters."

-Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

"She's her full height, confidence sweeping behind her like the train of a wedding dress."

-Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

"We're girls, Elle. We make one wrong move, and we're villains. There's no in between. We never had it both ways."

-Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

"When you're a girl, you have to scream to get anybody's attention. And even then, all they want you to do is shut up."

-Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, All Eyes on Her

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15. First Contact (Eclipsed Evolution, #1)

By: Kim Harrison

4.24

Format: 168 pages, ebook

In the wake of the solar eclipse, a portal between our world and a paranormal realm opens—and a sci… read more

Similar categories in Kim Harrison's First Contact (Eclipsed Evolution, #1) book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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16. Navola

By: Paolo Bacigalupi

3.92

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of Wind-Up Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping li… read more

Similar categories in Paolo Bacigalupi's Navola book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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17. Rainbow Black

By: Maggie Thrash

3.96

Format: 404 pages, Paperback

Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the ’9… read more

Similar categories in Maggie Thrash's Rainbow Black book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • mystery
  • horror
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. The Queen's Men (Agents of the Crown, #2)

By: Oliver Clements

3.91

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The Agents of the Crown returns with this riveting novel following the original MI6 agent as he is … read more

Similar categories in Oliver Clements's The Queen's Men (Agents of the Crown, #2) book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle (Edinburgh Nights, #3) by T.L. Huchu

19. The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle (Edinburgh Nights, #3)

By: T.L. Huchu

3.92

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Everyone’s favorite fifteen-year-old ghostalker, Ropa, arrives at the worldwide Society of Skeptica… read more

Similar categories in T.L. Huchu's The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle (Edinburgh Nights, #3) book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • urban fantasy
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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20. I'll Be Waiting

By: Kelley Armstrong

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times Bestselling author Kelley Armstrong comes a spellbinding new tale of supernatur… read more

Similar categories in Kelley Armstrong's I'll Be Waiting book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Totality (Eclipsed Evolution, #2) by Kim Harrison

21. Totality (Eclipsed Evolution, #2)

By: Kim Harrison

4.20

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

After a solar eclipse opens a way between our world and a paranormal realm, and the dark side of fi… read more

Similar categories in Kim Harrison's Totality (Eclipsed Evolution, #2) book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • urban fantasy
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
Cover of I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin

22. I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

By: Jason Pargin

4.02

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A standalone darkly humorous thriller set in modern America's age of anxiety, by New York Times bes… read more

Similar categories in Jason Pargin's I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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23. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

Similar categories in Helen Phillips's Hum book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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24. Everyday Dharma: 8 Essential Practices for Finding Success and Joy in Everything You Do

By: Suneel Gupta

4.32

Format: 192 pages, ebook

Find your dharma--your inner calling--and learn to integrate ambition, work, and wellbeing to creat… read more

Similar categories in Suneel Gupta's Everyday Dharma: 8 Essential Practices for Finding Success and Joy in Everything You Do book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

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25. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

Similar categories in Lev Grossman's The Bright Sword book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • historical
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

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26. Bang Bang Bodhisattva

By: Aubrey Wood

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Someone wants trans girl hacker-for-hire Kiera Umehara in prison or dead—but for what? Failing to f… read more

Similar categories in Aubrey Wood's Bang Bang Bodhisattva book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
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27. In Our Likeness

By: Bryan VanDyke

3.64

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

The wonders and chaos of AI converge in a powerful and thrilling novel about rewriting history, ide… read more

Similar categories in Bryan VanDyke's In Our Likeness book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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28. Westside Saints

By: W.M. Akers

3.77

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Return to a twisted version of Jazz Age New York in this follow up to the critically acclaimed fant… read more

Similar categories in W.M. Akers's Westside Saints book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • urban fantasy
  • time travel
  • historical
  • alternate history
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • science fiction
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29. The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal

By: Jodi Taylor

4.79

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the globally bestselling author of the Chronicles of St Mary's and Time Police series - the or… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Taylor's The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • time travel
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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30. The Most Boring Book Ever

By: Brandon Sanderson

4.02

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

In this humorous epic adventure, a boy is, on the one hand, having an ordinary day. He does his mat… read more

Similar categories in Brandon Sanderson's The Most Boring Book Ever book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Hampton Heights: One Harrowing Night in the Most Haunted Neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Dan Kois

31. Hampton Heights: One Harrowing Night in the Most Haunted Neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

By: Dan Kois

3.52

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

From the author of the Washington Post notable novel Vintage Contemporaries, something completely … read more

Similar categories in Dan Kois's Hampton Heights: One Harrowing Night in the Most Haunted Neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin book and W.M. Akers's Westside Saints

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy

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Lisa Lutz

3.88

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All I Did Was Shoot My Man (Leonid McGill, #4)

Walter Mosley

3.96

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Constellation Games

Leonard Richardson

4.57

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Sleep No More (October Daye, #17)

Seanan McGuire

4.35

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Kim Harrison

3.92

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Martha Wells

4.22

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