A Study in Honor by Claire O’Dell

A Study in Honor

Claire O’Dell

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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Details

ISBN	9780062699305
Genre	Mystery; Award Winner; Black Interest; Speculative Fiction
Publication Date	31-Aug-18
Publisher	HarperVoyager
Format	Trade Paperback
No. of Pages	304
Notes	2018 Lambda Literary Award Winner, 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
LoC Classification	PS3602.E76266 .S78 2018
Language	English
Rating	Great
Subject	Detective; FICTION – Dystopian; FICTION – Mystery & FICTION – Science Fiction; Murder – Investigation; Murder – Investigation – Fiction; Pharmaceutical Industry – Corrupt Practices – Fiction; Prosthesis – Fiction; Washington (D.C.); Washington (D.C.) – Fiction; Women Detectives; Women Detectives – Fiction. – Washington (D.C.)
BookID	12629