I’m thrilled to announce that Miss Caroline Bingley, Private Detective, a new novel co-written with Sharmini Kumar, is now available for pre-order before release in April in the UK, Australia and NZ. It’s out in the US in July (US pre-order details coming soon).

How gorgeous is this cover design by Andrew Davis?

Thanks to HarperCollins Australia & New Zealand, HarperHQ and HarperVia for bringing our tribute to Miss Austen on her 250th birthday out into the world.   

You can pre-order your copy here.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single lady in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a mystery to solve.

Here’s the idea;

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.

We can’t wait for you to read it.