Lady Bridgerton meets The Thursday Murder Club in the first of a charming, Victorian-set mystery series from bestselling author Colleen Gleason.

Lady Darling is a woman “of a certain age.” Fifty, to be specific—which, in the eyes of London society, makes her uninteresting, eccentric, and a little intimidating.

She’s a widow.

An empty-nester (all of her children very successfully married-off).

She’s titled, influential…and very, very rich.

Now she just wants to be left alone to enjoy her pets and her gardens and her books.

Until someone turns up dead at a dinner party, and Lady Darling is on the scene.

What’s a smart, responsible, capable woman to do?

Find the killer, of course!

A thrilling, witty romp of a mystery series, the Lady Darling books will find fans with readers of historical cozies, Bridgerton, and The Thursday Murder Club.

“Gleason, author of the Phyllida Bright and American in Paris mysteries as Colleen Cambridge, launches a fabulously fun new Victorian-set mystery series that makes the most of her flair for expertly marrying cleverly crafted, dryly witty plots with an exuberantly engaging, marvelously original cast of characters.” — John Charles, Booklist

”Gleason is really on a roll!” — Publishers Weekly

"Lady Darling might be a woman past her prime, but with the cunning of Poirot and the subtlety of Miss Marple, she's a force to be reckoned with!" — Alyssa Maxwell, author of the Gilded Newport Mysteries

"A sparkling jaunt! Everyone should have a witty, clever, and determined friend like Lady Darling! I am eager to tag along on her next adventure!” — Jessica Ellicott, author of the Beryl & Edwina Mysteries

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