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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.
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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 the ruffian, only to discover he is Lord Evan Belford, an acquaintance from their past who was charge
