Study in Honor

A gritty, fast-paced investigation with a memorable and compelling duo of main characters. I can't wait to see what Janet and Sara get up to next. -- <strong>Aliette de Bodard, Nebula-award winning author of <em>The House of Binding Thorns</em> and <em>The Tea Master and the Detective</em></strong> A Study in Honor is a fast-moving, diverse science-fictional Holmes and Watson reinterpretation set in near future Washington DC. As a deliciously intersectional makeover of a famous literary duo it's enormously satisfying. Clean, clear, and vastly enjoyable. -- <strong>Nicola Griffith, Lambda Literary award-winning author of <em>So Lucky</em></strong> An entertaining and empathetic dystopian procedural that navigates the capital of an America at war with itself, tracking the path to recovery from personal and national trauma. -- <strong>Christopher Brown, author of <em>Tropic of Kansas</em></strong> O'Dell's prose is sharp and clean, rising at times to the poetic, and her near-future Washington DC feels like a real city. The USA of A Study in Honor is a place with deep political divisions, and some of that comes into play in this story. It feels appropriately complicated as a future, and not a simplistic future vision of now. -- <strong><em>Locus Magazine</em></strong> Readers who pick this up for the novelty of Watson and Holmes as black women will be impressed by how well O'Dell realizes them as full, rich characters. This is a real treat for fans of Conan Doyle and SF mysteries. -- <em>Publishers Weekly</em>