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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 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. | ||
Given the short narrative length of each mystery, Akers has stated that each story arc will eventually be republished in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthology anthology] format and include exclusive short stories. The first such anthology, ''[[Gray in the City]]'', encompasses all six of the novellas set in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] during Gray Gaynes' career as an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department NYPD] detective (books #1-6). The forthcoming ''[[Gray Dawn]]'' (book #7) will pick up in a new locale with a largely new cast of supporting characters, albeit with a few cameos from old favorites. | Given the short narrative length of each mystery, Akers has stated that each story arc will eventually be republished in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthology anthology] format and include exclusive short stories. The first such anthology, ''[[Gray in the City]]'', encompasses all six of the novellas set in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City New York City] during Gray Gaynes' career as an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department NYPD] detective (books #1-6). The forthcoming ''[[Gray Dawn]]'' (book #7) will pick up in a new locale with a largely new cast of supporting characters, albeit with a few cameos from old favorites. | ||
