{"product_id":"blessed-water-a-sister-holiday-mystery-9781638932376","title":"Blessed Water: A Sister Holiday Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Crime Novel of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSister Holiday is back with a newly minted PI apprentice certificate, a twisty mystery to solve, and something to prove in this fast-paced, blistering follow-up to \u003ci\u003eScorched Grace\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTattooed from her neck to her toes and sporting a gold tooth as sharp as her wisecracks, Sister Holiday struggles to stay on the righteous path. Never one to make things easy for herself, she's committed to taking her permanent vows with the Sisters of the Sublime Blood \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e joining former fire inspector Magnolia Riveaux's latest venture, Redemption Detective Agency--both in service of satisfying her eternal quest for answers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Sister Holiday and Riveaux set out to bust a philandering husband, they instead find the body of a priest floating in the swollen Mississippi River, and with it, Redemption's next case. It's significantly more gruesome than their orig-inal mission, but Sister Holiday feels called on by God to hunt down the murderer and keep her community safe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a torrential rainstorm drowns New Orleans for three harrowing days over Easter weekend, Sister Holiday and Riveaux follow the clues. With the stakes rising alongside the relentless floodwaters, our favorite punk nun-sleuth throws herself into the deep end yet again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA lacerating and lyrical plunge into obsession, deception, and the questions that hold us captive, \u003ci\u003eBlessed Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a lights-out mystery that will leave you breathless.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargot Douaihy\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lebanese American originally from Scranton, PA, now living in Northampton, MA. She received her PhD in creative writing from the University of Lancaster in the UK. She is the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eBandit\/Queen: The Runaway Story of Belle Starr\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScranton Lace\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGirls Like You\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a founding member of the Creative Writing Studies Organization and an active member of Sisters in Crime and the Radius of Arab American Writers. A recipient of the Mass Cultural Council's Artist Fellowship, she was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, \u003ci\u003eAesthetica Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's Creative Writing Award, and the Ernest Hemingway Foundation's Hemingway Shorts. Her writing has been featured in \u003ci\u003eQueer Life, Queer Love\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDiode Editions\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Florida Review\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePBS NewsHour\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePortland Review\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWisconsin Review\u003c\/i\u003e; and elsewhere. Margot is an Assistant Professor in Popular Fiction Writing \u0026amp; Literature with Emerson College in Boston. As a coeditor of the \u003ci\u003eElements in Crime Narrative Series\u003c\/i\u003e with Cambridge University Press, she strives to reshape crime writing scholarship, with a focus on the contemporary, the future, inclusivity, and decoloniality.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zando - Gillian Flynn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183472509202,"sku":"9781638932376","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_58cd3395-c81c-4a11-b844-7565dfa5e30e.jpg?v=1744468250","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blessed-water-a-sister-holiday-mystery-9781638932376","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}