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 AwardsSister 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.
