I just read this and liked it quite a bit -- it was slow in parts, but I thought the author handled "queer black Holmes and Watson" well and the worldbuilding was fascinating.

Any other nonnies here read it? What did you think?

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2018/07/31/the-big-idea-claire-odell/

Sample, sorry for the super ugly link https://sample-bb32486c64e6ca4b3fc6da691f7ad801.read.overdrive.com/?p=_eyJzbHVnIjoic3R1ZHktaW4taG9ub3IiLCJmb3JtYXQiOiI2MTAifQ==