![]() ![]() 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. Watson’s readjustment to civilian life is complicated by the infuriating antics of her strange new roommate. 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. 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. While treating broken soldiers on the battlefields of the New Civil War, a sniper’s bullet shattered her arm and ended her career. Janet Watson knows firsthand the horrifying cost of a divided nation. 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.ĭr. ![]() 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. A selection in Parade’s roundup of “25 Hottest Books of Summer 2018”Ī Paste Magazine’s Most Anticipated 25 books of 2018 pickĪ Medium’s Books pick for We Can’t Wait to Read in 2018 list ![]()
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