Julia Seales is a novelist and screenwriter. She earned an MFA in screenwriting from UCLA, and a BA in English from Vanderbilt University. She is a lifelong Anglophile with a passion for both murder mysteries and Jane Austen. Seales is originally from Kentucky, where she learned about manners (and bourbon).
Her new novel is A Terribly Nasty Business.
At CrimeReads Seales tagged nine "fantastic London-set historical mysteries ... which wonderfully showcase the fictional detectives who populate the City of Mystery." One title on the list:
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord by Celeste ConnallyRead about another title on the list.
What is it about the Regency era that makes it the perfect setting for murder mysteries? Perhaps there’s something about the seemingly polished time period with all its glittering balls and empire waistlines that makes us yearn to see the dark underbelly. Connally delivers plenty of this in the first of her Lady Petra series: when her friend dies in a questionable manner, Lady Petra takes the investigation into her own hands, leaving no stone unturned as she seeks the truth.
The Page 69 Test: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord.
--Marshal Zeringue
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