In Regency England the eccentric Colebrook sisters are amateur detectives who use their wits
and invisibility as “old maids” to fight injustice in this delightful and fiercely feminist
novel of mystery and adventure from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman. To most
of Regency high society forty-two-year-old Lady Augusta Colebrook or Gus and her twin sister
Julia are just unmarried ladies of a certain age. But the Colebrook twins are far from useless
old maids. They are secretly protecting women and children ignored by society and the law.
When Lord Evan—a charming escaped convict who has won Gus’s heart—needs to hide his sister
Hester from their vindictive brother Gus and Julia take Hester and her lover into their home.
But Lord Evan’s complicated past puts them all in danger. Gus knows they must clear his name of
murder if he is to survive the thieftakers who hunt him. No easy task—the fatal duel was twenty
years ago and a key witness is nowhere to be found. In a deadly cat-and-mouse game Gus Julia
and Lord Evan must dodge their pursuers and investigate Lord Evan’s past. They will be thrust
into the ugly underworld of Georgian gentlemen’s clubs spies and ruthless bounty hunters not
to mention the everyday threat of narrow-minded brothers. Will the truth be found in time or
will dangerous secrets from the past destroy family bonds and rip new love and lives apart?
