The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies

The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered LadiesA Washington Post Best Mystery Novel of 2023 A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an old maid to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman. Lady Augusta Colebrook, Gus, is determinedly unmarried, bored by society life, and tired of being dismissed at the age of forty two. She and her twin sister, Julia,

if not better

from a teenager hiding her homelessness

and to how love can grow from the unlikeliest of places

Even the darkest spell the ink world has to offer

He flees to his hometown of Atlanta

she’ll have to confront her sticky relationship to white men and white institutions—and

live a varied life—between them is a professional matchmaker

they know a superhero with enough snap in his waistband to save the day

Both a mystery and a love story

along with two unlikely allies

it's everything: their families

And if they find the diamonds