In a unique offer, HarperCollins Publishing is generously donating 10 copies each of its two Regency murder mysteries – Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, and The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin for the March Crime Stack.
Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, the first in a series by Kelly Gardiner & Sharmini Kumar, features Caroline Bingley from Pride and Prejudice. She is the sister of Charles Bingley, a close friend of Mr Darcy, the neighbour, who by the time of this novel is married to Elizabeth Bennet. Caroline is wondering if there’s more to life than cribbage and paying calls. Then there’s a missing maid, a murder most foul, and a highly imprudent adventure. As Caroline exercises her superior powers of investigation, she finds out exactly what an accomplished, independent woman with a sharp mind and a large fortune can achieve – even when pitted against secrets, scandal, and a murderer with no mercy.
The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin (HarperCollins Australia) by Alison Goodman is the second in the Ill-Mannered Ladies series. The first book, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies, won the 2024 Readers’ Choice Davitt Award and was a Washington Post Best Mystery Book of 2023 and an Amazon Editors’ Best Mystery Book of 2023.
All three authors are speaking at Lifting the petticoats: the underbelly of Regency England – Friday 4 April, Dinner 6.30 pm. Show 8:00 pm – Rising Sun Hotel, 2 Raglan Street, South Melbourne.
The Crime Stack is a benefit for Sisters in Crime members. Every month there are 20 books to win in a random draw of members.
Join now and be in the running for a complimentary paperback copy of Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Investigator, or The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin.
Ultimo Press is kindly sending copies of Jacqui Pham’s Those Opulent Days to the following February winners: Tara Annett (QLD); Rebecca Boreham (VIC); Marilyn Chalkley (ACT); Val Clark (ACT); Caroline de Costa (VIC); Leslie Falkiner-Rose (VIC); Beverly Goldfarb (TAS); Dinah Gregory (VIC); Bronwyn Hall (VIC); Rowena Harding-Smith (NSW); Leanda Herring (SA); Barbara Latham (VIC); Athena Law (QLD); Jill Mathers (VIC); Petronella McGovern (ACT); Ashleigh Meikle (NSW); Robyn Pryor (NSW); Kasia Radzka (QLD); Mary Reid (VIC); and Janice Simpson(VIC).