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The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies -- Alison Goodman, Paperback Young Adult Fiction now the walls are paintedA Washington Post Best Mystery Novel of 2023 A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an 'old maid' to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman. Lady Augusta Colebrook, "Gus," is determinedly unmarried, bored by society life, and tired of being dismissed at the age of forty two. She and her twin sister,