The Files of Gray Gaynes (series) - Revision history

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	! Retailers		! Retailers

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	=== Gray in the Dark ===		=== Gray in the Dark ===
	<ol start="7">		<ol start="7">
	<li>''[[Gray Dawn]]'' (2026)</li>		<li>''[[Gray Dawn\|Gray Dawn: The Case of the Foolproof Fratricide]]'' (2026)</li>
	<li>''[[Gray Stakes]]'' (forthcoming)</li>		<li>''[[Gray Stakes\|Gray Stakes: The Case of the Implausible Impaler]]'' (forthcoming)</li>
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	=== Gray in the Dark ===		=== Gray in the Dark ===
	<ol start="7">		<ol start="7">
	<li>''[[Gray Dawn]]'' (forthcoming)</li>		<li>''[[Gray Dawn]]'' (2026)</li>
			<li>''[[Gray Stakes]]'' (forthcoming)</li>
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	** [[Gray Gaynes]] (all stories)		** [[Gray Gaynes]] (all stories)
	** [[Mack McMurphy\|Patrick "Mack" McMurphy]] (books #1-6, RCG<ref name=":0">"Rose-Colored Glasses" (short story)</ref>)		** [[Mack McMurphy\|Patrick "Mack" McMurphy]] (books #1-6, RCG<ref name=":0">"Rose-Colored Glasses" (short story)</ref>)
	** Bobbi Falmer (books #1-6) - one of the precinct's "resident geeks" who assists Gray from time to time on technical matters		** Bobbi Falmer (books #1-7) - one of the precinct's "resident geeks" who assists Gray from time to time on technical matters
	** Hannah Goretti (books #2, #4-6) - one of the sergeants at Gray's precinct		** Hannah Goretti (books #2, #4-6) - one of the sergeants at Gray's precinct
	** Bannon Fortier (books #4-6) - Gray's superior, captain of the homicide squad at Gray's precinct		** Bannon Fortier (books #4-6) - Gray's superior, captain of the homicide squad at Gray's precinct
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	** "Old Gray" Gaynes (books #3, #6, B&W<ref>"Black & White" (short story)</ref>) - Gray's father, a semi-reformed ex-con grifter whom Gray himself helped put in jail		** "Old Gray" Gaynes (books #3, #6, B&W<ref>"Black & White" (short story)</ref>) - Gray's father, a semi-reformed ex-con grifter whom Gray himself helped put in jail
	** [[Matty Di Buca]] (books #5-6) - Gray's nemesis and chief suspect for the Mad Batter murders		** [[Matty Di Buca]] (books #5-6) - Gray's nemesis and chief suspect for the Mad Batter murders
			** [[Dawn Atiqtalik Simmonds]] (books #7-?) - an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C3%B1upiat Iñupiaq] restauranteur, accused of killing her brother in ''[[Gray Dawn]]''

	== Footnotes ==		== Footnotes ==
	<references />		<references />

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	# ''[[Gray Area\|Gray Area: The Case of the Hellhound Homicide]]'' (2017)		# ''[[Gray Area\|Gray Area: The Case of the Hellhound Homicide]]'' (2017)
	# ''[[Old Gray\|Old Gray: The Case of the Cold-Blooded Cremation]]'' (2017)		# ''[[Old Gray\|Old Gray: The Case of the Cold-Blooded Cremation]]'' (2017)
	# ''[[Gray Matter\|Gray Matter; The Case of the Autonomous Assassination]]'' (2018)		# ''[[Gray Matter\|Gray Matter: The Case of the Autonomous Assassination]]'' (2018)
	# ''[[Gray Rose\|Gray Rose: The Return of the Mad Batter]]'' (2018)		# ''[[Gray Rose\|Gray Rose: The Return of the Mad Batter]]'' (2018)
	# ''[[Fade to Gray\|Fade to Gray: The Fate of the Vengeful Victim]]'' (2018)		# ''[[Fade to Gray\|Fade to Gray: The Fate of the Vengeful Victim]]'' (2018)

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	! Retailers		! Retailers
	\| [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0753GS4LQ Amazon.com], [https://www.audiobooks.com/browse/books-in-series/115461944/gray-gaynes Audiobooks.com], etc.		\| [https://rlakers.square.site/shop/gray-gaynes/5IFIINL4RPAJEHNRAZYTDQU4 Author's store], [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0753GS4LQ Amazon.com], [https://www.audiobooks.com/browse/books-in-series/115461944/gray-gaynes Audiobooks.com], etc.
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	<blockquote class="rust">''"Gray Gaynes series" redirects here.''</blockquote>		<blockquote class="rust">''"Gray Gaynes series" redirects here.''</blockquote>

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	** "Old Gray" Gaynes (books #3, #6, B&W<ref>"Black & White" (short story)</ref>) - Gray's father, a semi-reformed ex-con grifter whom Gray himself helped put in jail		** "Old Gray" Gaynes (books #3, #6, B&W<ref>"Black & White" (short story)</ref>) - Gray's father, a semi-reformed ex-con grifter whom Gray himself helped put in jail
	** [[Matty Di Buca]] (books #5-6) - Gray's nemesis and chief suspect for the Mad Batter murders		** [[Matty Di Buca]] (books #5-6) - Gray's nemesis and chief suspect for the Mad Batter murders
	~~</div></div>~~

	== Footnotes ==		== Footnotes ==
	<references />		<references />

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	\| [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0753GS4LQ Amazon.com], [https://www.audiobooks.com/browse/books-in-series/115461944/gray-gaynes Audiobooks.com], etc.		\| [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0753GS4LQ Amazon.com], [https://www.audiobooks.com/browse/books-in-series/115461944/gray-gaynes Audiobooks.com], etc.
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	<blockquote class="rust">''"Gray Gaynes series" redirects here.''</blockquote><div style="color:#a35a00;">		<blockquote class="rust">''"Gray Gaynes series" redirects here.''</blockquote>
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	'''The Files of Gray Gaynes''' is an ongoing murder mystery series by [[R.L. Akers]], which started with ''[[Gray Tones]]''. Major installments in the series consist of numbered [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella novellas]. All Gray stories are written in past tense, from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narration#Omniscient_or_limited close third-person point of view] (with limited exceptions<ref>The short first chapter of Fade to Gray is a flashback written from the perspective of the as-yet unidentified Mad Batter serial killer.</ref><ref>The ''Gray in the City'' anthology and ''Gray Dawn'' both include excerpts from this wiki, which is of course written from an omniscient perspective.</ref>), and feature the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym eponymous] protagonist [[Gray Gaynes]] as the point-of-view character. To date, all major entries in the Gray Gaynes series have the word "Gray" in the title, while short story titles reference other colors.		'''The Files of Gray Gaynes''' is an ongoing murder mystery series by [[R.L. Akers]], which started with ''[[Gray Tones]]''. Major installments in the series consist of numbered [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella novellas]. All Gray stories are written in past tense, from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narration#Omniscient_or_limited close third-person point of view] (with limited exceptions<ref>The short first chapter of Fade to Gray is a flashback written from the perspective of the as-yet unidentified Mad Batter serial killer.</ref><ref>The ''Gray in the City'' anthology and ''Gray Dawn'' both include excerpts from this wiki, which is of course written from an omniscient perspective.</ref>), and feature the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eponym eponymous] protagonist [[Gray Gaynes]] as the point-of-view character. To date, all major entries in the Gray Gaynes series have the word "Gray" in the title, while short story titles reference other colors.

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	Audiobook productions of Gray Gaynes stories are performed by narrator [[Marcus Freeman]].		Audiobook productions of Gray Gaynes stories are performed by narrator [[Marcus Freeman]].
	~~</div>~~

	== Stories ==		== Stories ==
	~~<div style="color:#a35a00;">~~
	=== Gray in the City ===		=== Gray in the City ===

	# ''[[Gray Tones\|Gray Tones: The Case of the Elevator Slaying]]'' (2017)		# ''[[Gray Tones\|Gray Tones: The Case of the Elevator Slaying]]'' (2017)
	# ''[[Gray Area\|Gray Area: The Case of the Hellhound Homicide]]'' (2017)		# ''[[Gray Area\|Gray Area: The Case of the Hellhound Homicide]]'' (2017)
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	== Characters ==		== Characters ==
	~~<div style="color:#a35a00;">~~
	Major and recurring characters in the Gray Gaynes series include:		Major and recurring characters in the Gray Gaynes series include:

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	== Footnotes ==		== Footnotes ==
	~~<div style="color:#a35a00;">~~<references />		<references />
	~~</div~~>

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	!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:center;" \| Gray Gaynes series		!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:center;" \| Gray Gaynes series<br />https://rlakers.com/img/GrayGaynes-logo.png
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	\|https://rlakers.com/img/GrayGaynes-logo.png		! Author
	\|- ~~style~~="~~text-align:center;~~"		\| [[R.L. Akers]]
	\| ~~The monogram of author~~ [[R.L. Akers]]		\|- valign="top"
			! Narrator
			\| [[Marcus Freeman]]
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			! Genre
			\| Murder [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_fiction mystery]
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			! Published
			\| April 19, 2017 – present
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			! Media type
			\| Print (paperback), audiobook, e-book
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			! No. of books
			\| 6 published (1 anthology), more forthcoming
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			! Retailers
			\| [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0753GS4LQ Amazon.com], [https://www.audiobooks.com/browse/books-in-series/115461944/gray-gaynes Audiobooks.com], etc.
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	\| The monogram of author [[R.L. Akers]]		\| The monogram of author [[R.L. Akers]]

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	** [[Rose Moynihan]] (RCG<ref name=":0" />)		** [[Rose Moynihan]] (RCG<ref name=":0" />)
	** "Old Gray" Gaynes (books #3, #6, B&W<ref>"Black & White" (short story)</ref>) - Gray's father, a semi-reformed ex-con grifter whom Gray himself helped put in jail		** "Old Gray" Gaynes (books #3, #6, B&W<ref>"Black & White" (short story)</ref>) - Gray's father, a semi-reformed ex-con grifter whom Gray himself helped put in jail
	** Matty Di Buca (books #5-6) - Gray's nemesis and chief suspect for the Mad Batter murders		** [[Matty Di Buca]] (books #5-6) - Gray's nemesis and chief suspect for the Mad Batter murders
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	# ''[[Gray Area\|Gray Area: The Case of the Hellhound Homicide]]'' (2017)		# ''[[Gray Area\|Gray Area: The Case of the Hellhound Homicide]]'' (2017)
	# ''[[Old Gray\|Old Gray: The Case of the Cold-Blooded Cremation]]'' (2017)		# ''[[Old Gray\|Old Gray: The Case of the Cold-Blooded Cremation]]'' (2017)
	# ''[[Gray Matter\|Gray Matter; The Case of the Autonomous Assassination]]'' (2018)		# ''[[Gray Matter\|Gray Matter: The Case of the Autonomous Assassination]]'' (2018)
	# ''[[Gray Rose\|Gray Rose: The Return of the Mad Batter]]'' (2018)		# ''[[Gray Rose\|Gray Rose: The Return of the Mad Batter]]'' (2018)
	# ''[[Fade to Gray\|Fade to Gray: The Fate of the Vengeful Victim]]'' (2018)		# ''[[Fade to Gray\|Fade to Gray: The Fate of the Vengeful Victim]]'' (2018)