The first Franky Dast mystery, "Monument Road" (2017), nominated for the Shamus Award for Best Novel, features an exonerated death row inmate who investigates the crime that sent him to prison and the police detective who seemed obsessed with sending him there.
The Sam Kelson mysteries "Trouble in Mind" (2019), "Lucky Bones" (2020), and the Shamus Awrd-nominated "Head Case" (2021) feature an oddball detective who suffers from disinhibition and cannot help but speak his mind.
The Daniel Turner thrillers include "Blue Avenue" (2014), "Second Skin" (2015), and "Black Hammock" (2016).
Martin's Press) prize for Best First Novel and was a nominee for a Shamus Award in the same category.
[1] Wiley's fiction has been praised broadly for reinvigorating the conventions of private detective novels, earning comparisons to Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett along with other practitioners of PI writing.