- Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar

Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective

By Kelly Gardiner and Sharmini Kumar
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A fun, funny and thoroughly imaginative take on Jane Austen.

‘Intriguing, sharply funny, and a beautifully written mystery. I laughed out loud as I read – Miss Austen would approve’ Pamela Hart

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A missing maid. A murder most foul. A highly imprudent adventure. Only her fine eyes can uncover the truth.

Two years after the events of Pride and Prejudice, Miss Caroline Bingley is staying at her brother’s country estate within an easy ride of Mr and Mrs Darcy’s home, Pemberley, and wondering if there’s more to life than playing cribbage and paying calls on country neighbours.

So when Georgiana Darcy’s maid, Jayani, vanishes – and worse, Georgiana disappears in search of her – Caroline races to London to find them both, and quickly discovers a shocking, cold-blooded murder.

Soon Caroline and Georgiana are careering through the gritty, grimy underbelly of London assisted by Caroline’s trusty manservant, Gordon, and demanding answers of shady characters, police magistrates and mysterious East India Company-men to discover the killer. Along the way they uncover the cost of Empire on India and its people … and Miss Bingley’s incomparable powers of investigation.

As Caroline puts her superior new talents to work, 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.

Author: Kelly Gardiner , Sharmini Kumar
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 10 Apr 2025
Pages: 384
ISBN: 978-0-00-868368-9
Price: £9.99, £9.99 (Export Price) , €None
Kelly Gardiner writes historical fiction for all age, including The Firewatcher Chronicles, Goddess, based on the life of Mademoiselle de Maupin; 1917: Australia’s Great War, shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Young People’s History Prize and Asher Award; the Swashbuckler pirate trilogy; and her young adult novels Act of Faith and The Sultan’s Eyes were both shortlisted for awards. A former journalist and editor, Kelly now teaches creative writing.Sharmini Kumar is the founder and Artistic Director of 24 Carrot Productions and a producer of AustenCon, an annual Jane Austen celebration now in its fifth year. She has adapted several Austen novels for the stage, and has written, directed and produced many performance pieces and short films including Shakespeare in Therapy and The Regina Monologues. When she\'s not writing and directing, she works as a doctor and teaches Medicine.

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