Honor, the debut novel by A.B. Dozier, is set in 1920s Baltimore and follows Bella, a fiercely independent young woman navigating immigrant life while resisting the control of the Black Hand, an organized crime network that exploits and traffics vulnerable women. After her murder draws massive public attention, the investigation into her death exposes a vast web of interconnected crimes and reveals how the choices of a community, both complicit and resistant, allowed such violence to take hold.
Honor will be published on March 9, 2027, by Blair Publishing and is available for preorder now.
Dozier is a longtime human rights advocate who, while researching her family history in spring 2020, discovered a century-old Baltimore newspaper article about an unidentified body and followed it into the story that became Honor. She holds a BA in International Relations from Randolph Macon Woman’s College and an MA in Conflict Resolution from Lancaster University, and lives in Washington, DC with her husband, three sons, and a Maine Coon.
Debutiful is honored to reveal Compensation‘s cover, designed by Laura Williams, along with a Q&A with Dozier about its creation.
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