
The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 6, 2025
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- Who it’s for
- A playful, edgy historical blend with romance, mystery, and women sleuths in the mix.
- Genres
- Regency Romance, Historical Mystery, Women Detectives
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, May 6, 2025
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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.
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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?
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A playful, edgy historical blend with romance, mystery, and women sleuths in the mix.
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- historical romance with a sharper edge
- women detectives, collector-friendly
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- historical atmosphere
- genre-savvy pleasures
Where it sits
| Historical Mystery | 50% |
|---|---|
| Women Detectives | 50% |
| Regency Romance | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women Detectives
- Historical Mystery
- Regency Romance
- Authors
- Alison Goodman, Kristin Atherton, Penguin Audio
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- May 6, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Women Detectives