The Hound of Justice by Claire O’Dell

This is a book in the Janet Watson Chronicle, a follow up to A Study in Honor.   Janet Watson is a surgeon injured in the war.   She finds herself embroiled in politics due to her friendship with Sara Holmes, an agent so sometime from some part of the government.   Dr. Watson is drawn into the intrigue by her desire to see justice done to a corporation who caused the death of so many soldiers.

O’Dell provides an in-depth character study of Dr. Watson.   Watson suffers from PTSD as well as guilt over what more she should or could of done in the attack that took her arm.   Dr. Watson is also looking for love and struggling to find those she can trust. 

 

The idea of a new Confederacy and a return to wide spread bigotry based on color is repugnant.   Dismayingly the headlines seem to indicate that racial and religious bigotry are alive and disgustingly well in a shockingly large splinter of society.   O’Dell addresses this and foreshadows a future that could be unless our society rejects the messages of hate that have been promulgated lately.

This is an entertaining book that provides serious food for thought. 

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