A husband dead in a fire – but was it an accident? A wife hysterical – but is it with grief? The Crimson Cavalier is in search of the truth... In the 1780s young ladies are expected to apply themselves to the social round and the business of finding a husband – but Miss Georgiana Grey is no ordinary young lady. The death of ill-natured Lord Wickerston in a fire leads her to ask questions, to the chagrin of her strait-laced brother Edward and the alarm of her friend Mr Max Lakesby. Who would want Lord Wickerston dead? Does Edward know more than he is willing to say? And how is the notorious highwayman known as the Crimson Cavalier involved?