| International Standard Book Number |
9780593440841 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593440834 (trade paperback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593440838 (trade paperback)
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| Personal Name |
Goodman, Alison, author.
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| Title Statement |
The ladies road guide to utter ruin : Ill-Mannered Ladies bk. 2 / Alison Goodman.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
450 pages ; 21 cm.
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| Series Statement |
Ill-Mannered Ladies ; bk. 02
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| General Note |
Includes discussion questions.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"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 -- hardly worth a second glance. 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 and her lover from their vindictive brother, Gus and Julia take the two women into their home. They know what it is like to have a powerful and overbearing brother. 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. But it is 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 the dangerous secrets from the past destroy family bonds and rip new love and lives apart?"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Man-woman relationships Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Sisters Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Single women Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Twins Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Fugitives from justice Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Aristocracy (Social class) Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Great Britain History George III, 1760-1820 Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
London (England) 19th century Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Romance fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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