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A Study in Honor
Paperback
Series: Janet Watson Chronicles, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
Publisher Price: $15.99
ISBN13: 9780062699305
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Published: Jul 31 2018
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Mystery
A selection in Parade's roundup of 25 Hottest Books of Summer 2018
A Paste Magazine's Most Anticipated 25 books of 2018 pick
A Medium's Books pick for We Can't Wait to Read in 2018 list
From debut author Claire O'Dell, comes a fresh re-imagination of Sherlock Holmes, in which Dr. Janet Watson and covert agent Sarah Holmes, two black and queer women, must discover who is murdering veterans from America's New Civil War using espionage, advanced technology, and deduction.
Set in a near future Washington, D.C., a clever, incisive, and fresh feminist twist on a classic literary icon--Sherlock Holmes--in which Dr. Janet Watson and covert agent Sara Holmes will use espionage, advanced technology, and the power of deduction to unmask a murderer targeting Civil War veterans.
Dr. Janet Watson knows firsthand the horrifying cost of a divided nation. While treating broken soldiers on the battlefields of the New Civil War, a sniper's bullet shattered her arm and ended her career. Honorably discharged and struggling with the semi-functional mechanical arm that replaced the limb she lost, she returns to the nation's capital, a bleak, edgy city in the throes of a fraught presidential election. Homeless and jobless, Watson is uncertain of the future when she meets another black and queer woman, Sara Holmes, a mysterious yet playfully challenging covert agent who offers the doctor a place to stay.
Watson's readjustment to civilian life is complicated by the infuriating antics of her strange new roommate. But the tensions between them dissolve when Watson discovers that soldiers from the New Civil War have begun dying one by one--and that the deaths may be the tip of something far more dangerous, involving the pharmaceutical industry and even the looming election. Joining forces, Watson and Holmes embark on a thrilling investigation to solve the mystery--and secure justice for these fallen soldiers.
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