A Crime Scene Built on Silence, Power, and Prejudice
K.A. Bachus’s Sword Without Shield is not your average cozy mystery, despite its deceptively soft subtitle, “a Fluffy Mystery.” This novel plays a smarter, more layered game—mixing murder investigation, political undercurrents, Indigenous identity, and quiet intelligence-world intrigue, all filtered through a sharp, disciplined narrative voice. At the center is Christine, a former state trooper turned…