The Spying Cat (ONC 2023 Shortlister)
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It's 1893, and Kitty's eleven cousins - her adoptive siblings - have all moved out. She only has Sherlock Holmes for company, until Cousin Joey returns from America alongside his dashing benefactor, Benedict Hawkins.
Scotland Yard Inspector Tobias Thackery has spent a decade looking for his runaway sister. New clues on her trail point to an anarchist plot, and Kitty won't be left out as Tobias recruits family members into a spy network. The risks are real, and more personal than Kitty expects, on her whirlwind quest to self-fulfilment.
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ONC2023 shortlister! Prompt 51: The problem with red flags is that I'm attracted to them.
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To be completed on July 1st, ~40k words. Cover by @cxmern
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