Phil in SF quoted Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty (The Midsolar Murders, #1)
Amateur detective Mallory Viridian’s talent for solving murders ruined her life on Earth and drove …
Jealousy. Covetousness. Asperity.
— Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty (The Midsolar Murders, #1) (Page 168)
new vocabulary: asperity
harshness of tone or manner