Scorched Grace: A Sister Holiday Mystery

By Margot Douaihy

Book Overview

A USA TODAY Bestseller - A New York Times, Apple Books, and The Guardian Best Crime Novel of the Year - An Indie Next Pick - Winner of the Pinckley Prize for Crime Fiction - Longlisted for the Mass Book Award - A Finalist for the ITW Thrillerfest, New England Book, Left Coast Crime "Lefty", and Anthony Awards

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).

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1638930244
• ISBN13: 9781638930242
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Zando - Gillian Flynn Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

lots of broken characters & sad story lines

I expected something different given that Sister Holiday was a "punk rocker turned nun" as the inside cover states. It was darker than I think it needed to be with too many tragedies. Nearly every character had some abusive aspect in their lives. I read a lot of murder mystery books, at least one a week, & I really can't give any kind of praise to this one.