Join us to celebrate the latest Sparks & Bainbridge novel, An Excellent Thing in a Woman, with Allison Montclair in conversation with author Mariah Fredericks.

About the authors:

ALLISON MONTCLAIR (AKA Alan Gordon) grew up devouring hand-me-down Agatha Christie paperbacks and James Bond movies. As a result of this deplorable upbringing, Montclair became addicted to tales of crime, intrigue, and espionage. She now spends her spare time poking through the corners, nooks, and crannies of history, searching for the odd mysterious bits and transforming them into novels of her own. She is the author of the Sparks & Bainbridge historical mystery series, which begins with The Right Sort of Man.

MARIAH FREDERICKS was born, raised, and still lives in New York City. She graduated from Vassar College with a degree in history. She is the author of the Jane Prescott mystery series, which has twice been nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. The Lindbergh Nanny, her first standalone novel, was nominated for the Agatha and Anthony Awards. Her most recent novel, The Wharton Plot, was named one of the best mysteries of 2024 by Library Journal.