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This book takes place in the early 20th century and include includes famous authors Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Ngaio marsh, marjorie Allingham, and Baroness, Emma Orczy.

Essentially, what happens is Dorothy and Agatha are invited to join a club featuring well-known mystery authors. They are the only two women there and realize that it’s because the other men do not want women to be included. As a result, Dorothy decides that she should invite the other famous female authors listed above. They get sworn into this club, but are not taken seriously and our ostracized by the male members of this organization.

In order to be taken more seriously, Dorothy comes up with the idea to solve a real life murder so that the woman in this organization or taking more seriously. So they take up the case of a woman named Mae Daniels, who disappeared in France and whose body was discovered.

To keep the plot line very short the five women work together to solve this mystery each utilizing different skills that they have. They end up finding out that Mai was having an affair with a young insurance broker, whose father is very wealthy. The father is invested in the theater and has a partner, and they co-own a very famous theater in London. It turns out that the co-owner of the theater, not the insurance broker, but the other one, raped and ultimately hired somebody to murder Maye Daniels. The women discover this and they end up being loaded for finding this out. They are also welcomed back into the mystery riders club with open arms.