The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Scorched. Sister Holiday Walsha tattooed, gold-toothed, chain-smoking, guitar-playing queer nunis the unlikely protagonist of new debut mystery novel, Scorched Grace.
And to piece together the clues of this high-stakes mystery, she must at last reckon with the sins of her own past.Īn exciting start to a bold series that breathes new life into the hard-boiled genre, Scorched Grace is a fast-paced and punchy whodunnit that will keep readers guessing until the very end. Scorched Grace: A Sister Holiday Mystery is written by Margot Douaihy and published by Gillian Flynn Books. Her investigation leads her down a twisty path of suspicion and secrets, turning her against colleagues, students, and even fellow Sisters along the way. Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test in this unique and confident debut crime novel (Gillian Flynn). Patience is a virtue, but punk rocker turned nun Sister Holiday isn’t satisfied to just wait around for officials to return her home and sanctuary to its former peace, instead deciding to unveil the mysterious attacker herself. When Saint Sebastian’s School becomes the target of a shocking arson spree, the Sisters of the Sublime Blood and their surrounding New Orleans community are thrust into chaos. Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test in this “unique and confident” debut crime novel (Gillian Flynn). A bold new entry in the burgeoning subgenre of queer crime fiction, Scorched Grace grapples with potent questions about what achieving justice even looks like in a world of corrupt institutions and the fraught belief systems that sustain them.
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