Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| #FashionVictim | 2018 | Buy |
| Kismet | 2022 | Buy |
| Almost Surely Dead | 2024 | Buy |
Amina Akhtar made her fiction debut in 2018 with #FashionVictim, a darkly funny thriller about obsession and murder in the New York fashion world. Before turning to novels, Akhtar worked as a fashion journalist and editor, and that insider knowledge gives her writing a sharp, specific edge.
Her second novel, Kismet (2022), shifts to Sedona, Arizona, where a wellness retreat becomes the setting for something far more sinister. Almost Surely Dead (2024) follows a woman who survives a series of attacks, only to question whether the danger is real or something she is imagining. Each of Akhtar’s books combines genre thrills with pointed social observation, and her tone sits in the space between funny and unsettling.