2020/010: Sword Dance -- A J Demas

2020/010: Sword Dance -- A J Demas

"You literally said you were expecting more than a kiss. We'd better do something out of the Garden of Jasmine, at least."
“The garden of what? Why can’t you say ‘fuck’ like a normal person?”
“Oh, I can say it, but I’m not going to let you do it—and much as I’d love to do it to you, it’s not really in my repertoire.” [loc. 1344]

A delightful pseudohistorical country-house murder mystery foregrounding a romance between an invalided soldier and an elegant eunuch who is not what he seems. ( no major spoilers )