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Scorched Grace


A Mystery Novel


Book 1 of the Sister Holiday Mysteries Series


Subgenres:

  • Hard-Boiled Crime,
  • New Orleans,
  • LGBTQ+ Mystery
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Queer nuns with punk rock pasts solving crimes
  • Hard-boiled mysteries set in New Orleans convents
  • Sleuths confronting their own secrets while hunting arsonists
Publisher Description

Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test in this debut crime novel.

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.

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. Her investigation leads her down a twisty path of suspicion and secrets, turning her against colleagues, students, and even fellow Sisters along the way.

And to piece together the clues of this high-stakes mystery, she must at last reckon with the sins of her own past.

An 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.

Now with an exclusive sneak peek at the second Sister Holiday mystery!

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