I got over the halfway point and decided to quit. I wasn't loving the main character and then she got the crap kicked out of her (steel boots, multiple people) and she woke up, had a beer and was fine.... No big deal.

I must be getting old because I'm thinking ambulance, ICU, bandages, maybe someone to help. I know, a ridiculous reason to quit but the COVID reading slump continues into 2023 and I am very picky. I never liked mysteries and have low tolerance for main characters that are so bad ass and so cool. I gave it an attempt based on name recognition but I'm moving on.
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Official book description:
Lately, Inspector Abijah Olivia has found most of her answers at the bottom of a bottle. But when she takes a private contract to figure out why the bodies of dead young men keep washing up on the beaches of her colony world, a single golden button will tell her everything she needs to know--perhaps too much.

The B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog presents an original short story by Hugo Award-winning author and essayist Kameron Hurley.