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Ashley Gardner is the pseudonym for NY Times bestselling and award-winning author Jennifer Ashley and nationally bestselling and award-winning author Allyson James. Her award-winning Captain Lacey Regency mysteries have garnered top reviews and an enthusiastic following. These books are now available as digital editions. More about the series can be found at http://www.gardnermysteries.com ...more

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Hi, Ashley! I'm a huge fan of your Captain Lacey mysteries. You write about very specific streets and parts of town in London. Have you spent a lot of time there, or do you mainly get your location ideas from historical research? Just curious. :)

Ashley Gardner Hi Laura: Thank you! I have visited London and walked its streets extensively. My feet get sore! But I find I learn the town very well by walking inst…moreHi Laura: Thank you! I have visited London and walked its streets extensively. My feet get sore! But I find I learn the town very well by walking instead of taking a taxi, tube, or tour bus. That said, Regency London has differences from modern London--roads have been put through in the last two hundred years that simply weren't there in Lacey's time. (However, you'd be amazed at what is there). I also have historic maps of London, which are painstakingly detailed, with every passage and house in a passage marked. More detailed than today's maps, even more than Google maps! I love maps, so walking the streets in my mind is as much fun as doing it in person (almost). I plan to return to London and do more walking in the next year or so.(less)

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Hello ! I'm a huge fan of your books and their hero. But not of Louisa, who asks Gabriel to forgive Brandon the horrible thing he did to him, and abandons him in book 3. Did you draw her character in accordance to the unconditional loyalty and strongly submissive behavior wives of these times were supposed to keep ? Is she described as a wonderful and strong person only because we see her through Gabriel's eyes ?

Ashley Gardner Louisa is a complex person. She fell happily in love when she was very young and married Brandon and then became disillusioned because of Brandon's st…moreLouisa is a complex person. She fell happily in love when she was very young and married Brandon and then became disillusioned because of Brandon's stubborn, blustering, and not always intelligent personality. Also never being able to bring a child to term really hurt her. She might have been happy with Brandon if they'd had children. She also sees how the enmity between Brandon and Lacey is hurting Lacey, whom she loves--but not necessarily in a physical way. I'd say she's a lady caught in a situation where she doesn't know what she wants or what to do. So she's determined to stick by Brandon, whom she does love, but she might not *like* him all the time. Also, it was the proper thing to to (divorce was very difficult), though her emotions get the better of her sometimes. Your assessment that she's wonderful and strong only through Gabriel's eyes is a good one. He saw her as the ideal woman, the ideal wife, and regretted he didn't meet her first! At least in the beginning of the series. As the series goes on, Gabriel still likes her and is her friend, but he becomes more clear-eyed about her. We all have friends we love but watch them make mistakes. I'll keep an eye on Louisa and Brandon in future.(less)

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	The Hanover Square Affair (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries, #1) by Ashley Gardner (Goodreads Author), Jennifer Ashley (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 6,320 ratings — published 2003 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Regimental Murder (Captain Lacey, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 2,104 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glass House (Captain Lacey, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 1,802 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Past Crimes: A Compendium of Historical Mysteries 3.84 avg rating — 1,160 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sudbury School Murders (Captain Lacey, #4) 4.06 avg rating — 1,574 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Body in Berkeley Square (Captain Lacey, #5) 4.14 avg rating — 1,455 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Covent Garden Mystery (Captain Lacey, #6) 4.18 avg rating — 1,394 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Death in Norfolk (Captain Lacey, #7) 4.19 avg rating — 1,417 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder in St. Giles (Captain Lacey, #13) by Ashley Gardner (Goodreads Author), Jennifer Ashley (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 834 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Mystery at Carlton House (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries, #12) 4.38 avg rating — 995 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Ashley Gardner answered Carol D's question: I have to ask, do we ever learn why Spendlove has such a stick up an unmentionable area? He's really really really annoying! You asked two questions, and I'll answer both here. The second one was: "After finishing Book 13, I'm rather intrigued. Will we be seeing the Laceys traveling to France at some point? And does word get around about Granville and Marianne's marriage? See Full Answer
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Book 1 in the Leonidas the Gladiator mysteries. Events happen before those in the novella, Blood Debts (which is Book 1.5). Setting is Ancient Rome, in the reign of Nero, 62-63 AD. I hope you enjoy the adventures of Leonidas and Cassia! All books wil ...more
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“But perhaps peace was not in a place but within one's self.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

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“A good book is like a good friend, do you know, Lacey? One you can turn to when the night is cold and you are lonely. And there is old Herodotus, standing ready to regale me with tales of his travels.”
― Ashley Gardner, Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Volume Two

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“The room was rather anonymous, with fashionable upholstered Sheraton chairs in a salmon-colored stripe and studded wood, salmon-colored swags on the windows, and cream silk on the walls. Nothing personal marred the room, as though the house’s inhabitants had ordered the furnishing to be as elegant yet innocuous as possible.”
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