Dark Lanterns is a first novel by Aaron Solomon. (Disclosure: Aaron is my nephew).
I really liked this book. It's got an unusual setting and a very interesting protagonist. The setting is 16/17th century France (the era of Cardinal Richelieu and also the Three Musketeers). I found this interesting because it is an era I didn't know that much about - and one that is very different in all sorts of ways from the modern world.
The protagonist is a young woman named Sacha. She was orphaned as a child and made her way to Paris where she became a sort of employee of Richelieu - but her jobs are unusual, often dangerous and usually illegal. And she has to pretend to be a man to do them. She's utterly devoted to the Cardinal because without him she probably would have starved on the streets of Paris. She's devoutly religious but conflicted because her jobs (although done in the service of a cardinal) often involve violating the law or one of the ten commandments. She breaks into buildings, she steals, she fights. But she's also very clever.
I hope this is the start of a series!
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