In their six years of marriage, Elizabeth and Darcy have forged a
peaceful, happy life for their family at Pemberley, Darcy's impressive
estate. Her father is a regular visitor; her sister Jane and her
husband, Bingley, live nearby; the marriage prospects for Darcy's
sister, Georgiana, are favorable. And preparations for their annual
autumn ball are proceeding apace. But on the eve of the ball, chaos
descends. Lydia Wickham, Elizabeth's disgraced sister who, with her
husband, has been barred from the estate, arrives in a hysterical
state--shrieking that Wickham has been murdered. Plunged into
frightening mystery and a lurid murder trial, the lives of Pemberley's
owners and servants alike may never be the same.
