Today I'd like t0 shine a spotlight on a book I just discovered...and will add to my TBR pile. The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies by Alison Goodman is the first in the Ill-Mannered Ladies Mystery series and will be released next week.
Blurb:
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, who is grieving her dead betrothed, need a
distraction. One soon presents itself: to rescue their friend’s
goddaughter, Caroline, from her violent husband.
The sisters
set out to Caroline’s country estate with a plan, but their carriage is
accosted by a highwayman. In the scuffle, Gus accidentally shoots and
injures the ruffian, only to discover he is Lord Evan Belford, an
acquaintance from their past who was charged with murder and exiled to
Australia twenty years ago. What follows is a high adventure full of
danger, clever improvisation, heart-racing near misses, and a little
help from a revived and rather charming Lord Evan.
Back in
London, Gus can’t stop thinking about her unlikely (not to mention
handsome) comrade-in-arms. She is convinced Lord Evan was falsely
accused of murder, and she is going to prove it. She persuades Julia to
join her in a quest to help Lord Evan, and others in need—society be
damned! And so begins the beguiling secret life and adventures of the
Colebrook twins.
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