As the Wicked Watch
The first in a thrilling new series from Emmy Award-winning TV Host and Journalist Tamron Hall, As The Wicked Watch follows a reporter as she unravels the disturbing mystery around the deaths of two young Black women, the work of a serial killer terrorizing Chicago.
When crime reporter Jordan Manning leaves her hometown in Texas to take a job at a television station in Chicago, she’s one step closer to her dream: a coveted anchor chair on a national network.
Jordan is smart and aggressive, with unabashed star-power, and often the only woman of color in the newsroom. Her signature? Arriving first on the scene—in impractical designer stilettos. Armed with a master’s degree in forensic science and impeccable instincts, Jordan has been able to balance her dueling motivations: breaking every big story—and giving a voice to the voiceless.
From her time in Texas, she’s covered the vilest of human behaviors but nothing has prepared her for Chicago. Jordan is that rare breed of a journalist who can navigate a crime scene as well as she can a newsroom—often noticing what others tend to miss. Again and again, she is called to cover the murders of Black women, many of them sexually assaulted, most brutalized, and all of them quickly forgotten.
All until Masey James—the story that Jordan just can’t shake, despite all efforts. A 15-year-old girl whose body was found in an abandoned lot, Masey has come to represent for Jordan all of the frustration and anger that her job often forces her to repress. Putting the rest of her work and her fraying personal life aside, Jordan does everything she can to give the story the coverage it desperately requires, and that a missing Black child would so rarely get.
There’s a serial killer on the loose, Jordan believes, and he’s hiding in plain sight.
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Tamron Hall
Tamron Hall is a two-time Emmy Award-winning creator, executive producer, and host of the syndicated talk show Tamron Hall, as well as a New York Times bestselling author, a journalist, and a mother. In a career spanning more than three decades, she has broken barriers, made history, and built a career defined by thoughtful storytelling, genuine curiosity, and authentic conversation.
She is the author of the Jordan Manning mystery series, the cookbook A Confident Cook, and the instant New York Times bestselling children’s book Harlem Honey. Her journalism has earned numerous honors, including the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for her reporting on domestic violence. She is also a passionate advocate for survivors of domestic violence and partnered with Safe Horizon to establish The Tamron ❤ Renate Fund in memory of her sister, Renate.
Jordan Manning
Jordan Manning consists of two books and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
