Formats Available:

• Hardback: This gorgeous hardbound edition features a deep red, faux-leather cover with gold foil on the spine, encased in a luxurious matte dust-jacket. Premium cream paper makes for a comfortable and delightfully tactile reading experience. With lushly-detailed design, this book is a lovely addition to any bookshelf. 380 pages.
• Autographed Hardback: Same beautiful hardback as above, but autographed and shipped by me! After purchase, you’ll receive a note from me asking what name you’d like me to personalize it to. Reply within 2 days, and I’m happy to make that personalization. If I haven’t received a response in 2 days, I’ll send it autographed without a name. US customers only at this time, my apologies.
• Ebook: Convenience, portability, and top-notch design make this ebook a joy for any reader who craves instant gratification. Thanks to fulfillment by BookFunnel, you’ll be able to add this book to any of your devices or reading apps, including BookFunnel’s own reading app, and you’ll enjoy their excellent customer service.

Book Description:

Siân Watson has broken the first rule of shared lodgings: never fall in love with your flatmate.

Sherlyn Holmes, the World’s Only Consulting Detective, can deduce your entire life from the color of your hat. And lately, she’s been moody, cranky, and keeping her distance from Siân. Clearly, she has observed Siân’s feelings and does not return them. To ease the sting of rejection, Siân reconnects with her old friend, Maude Stamford, and meets the other women medical students who board with Stamford at Cushing House.

When Holmes discovers Siân, Stamford, and the other boarders are learning to play the traditional Indian game of Pachisi, she feels excluded—from Siân’s new friends as well as her own Indian heritage. At Siân’s encouragement, Holmes learns Pachisi, and the game not only draws her into the social whirl of Cushing House, but also deepens her relationships with her brother, her parents, Mrs. Hudson, and Siân herself.

But when Cushing House receives a series of increasingly sinister boxes wrapped in black bombazine, a fabric associated with death and mourning, it threatens to destroy their newfound community. As the packages turn ever more horrifying and the attacks hit ever closer to home, Holmes fights her growing affection for everyone involved in the case, especially Siân. She knows firsthand the risks of involving her heart in matters of the mind.

While she and Siân strive to uncover not just who is terrorizing the women of Cushing House, but why, an even larger question looms: is love really a crack in a high-powered lens, or is it the only thing that can bring Holmes’ work, and her life, finally into focus?

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