{"product_id":"la-sezal-de-la-cruz-el-primer-caso-de-sor-holiday-scorched-grace-9788419437846","title":"The Sign of the Cross: The First Case of Sister Holiday \/ Scorched Grace","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller - A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Apple Books, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatience 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn exciting start to a bold series that breathes new life into the hard-boiled genre, \u003ci\u003eScorched Grace\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-paced and punchy whodunnit that will keep readers guessing until the very end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11624546\"\u003eMargot Douaihy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reservoir Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788419437846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8419437840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e Spanish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC031010\"\u003eThrillers | Crime\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022010\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | Hard-Boiled\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022040\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | Women Sleuths\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargot Douaihy\u003c\/b\u003e es una autora estadounidense de origen libanés, afincada actualmente en Massachusetts. Tiene un doctorado en escritura creativa por la universidad de Lancaster, en Reino Unido, ha publicado varios volúmenes de poesía y es fundadora de la Creative Writing Studies Organization, así como miembro activo de los colectivos Sisters in Crime y Radius of Arab American Writers. Ha recibido la beca Mass Cultural Council's Artist Fellowship, y fue finalista del Lambda Literary Award, el Aesthetica Magazine's Creative Writing Award y de los Hemingway Shorts de la Ernest Hemingway Foundation. Sus piezas y relatos han sido publicados, entre otros medios, en Queer Life Queer Love, Colorado Review, Diode Editions, The Florida Review, North American Review, PBS NewsHour, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Portland Review y Wisconsin Review. En la actualidad, ejerce de profesora asociada en el Emerson College de Boston y es coeditora de la colección Elements in Crime de Cambridge University Press. \u003ci\u003eLa señal de la cruz\u003c\/i\u003e (2023; Roja \u0026amp; Negra, 2024) es su primera novela.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reservoir Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45787178205359,"sku":"9788419437846","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_fa38fd10-d0ba-4217-9ec3-b802282b4daf.jpg?v=1755688355","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/la-sezal-de-la-cruz-el-primer-caso-de-sor-holiday-scorched-grace-9788419437846","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}