If the last few chapters of Study in Honor hold up, definitely that!
I’ve mentioned it on meme a couple of times. It’s a near-future ACD analogue set in a war-torn US where the Holmes and Watson analogies are black women. Great focus on Watson as a disabled vet and a mystery that kicks off with her work at the VA medical center. Watson is canonically lesbian, and if it’s not going for Holmes/Watson outright by the end of the book, I suspect it’s at least setting that up for a potential sequel. I really like Watson’s voice, too.
Re: Yuletide
I’ve mentioned it on meme a couple of times. It’s a near-future ACD analogue set in a war-torn US where the Holmes and Watson analogies are black women. Great focus on Watson as a disabled vet and a mystery that kicks off with her work at the VA medical center. Watson is canonically lesbian, and if it’s not going for Holmes/Watson outright by the end of the book, I suspect it’s at least setting that up for a potential sequel. I really like Watson’s voice, too.