A summer house party turns into a thrilling whodunit when Jane Austen's
Mr. Wickham--one of literature's most notorious villains--meets a sudden
and suspicious end in this brilliantly imagined mystery featuring
Austen's leading literary characters.
"Had Jane Austen sat down to write a country house murder mystery, this
is exactly the book she would have written." --Alexander McCall Smith
The happily married Mr. Knightley and Emma are throwing a party at their
country estate, bringing together distant relatives and new
acquaintances--characters beloved by Jane Austen fans. Definitely not
invited is Mr. Wickham, whose latest financial scheme has netted him an
even broader array of enemies. As tempers flare and secrets are
revealed, it's clear that everyone would be happier if Mr. Wickham got
his comeuppance. Yet they're all shocked when Wickham turns up
murdered--except, of course, for the killer hidden in their midst.
Nearly everyone at the house party is a suspect, so it falls to the
party's two youngest guests to solve the mystery: Juliet Tilney, the
smart and resourceful daughter of Catherine and Henry, eager for
adventure beyond Northanger Abbey; and Jonathan Darcy, the Darcys'
eldest son, whose adherence to propriety makes his father seem almost
relaxed. In this tantalizing fusion of Austen and Christie, from New
York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray, the unlikely pair must put
aside their own poor first impressions and uncover the guilty
party--before an innocent person is sentenced to hang.
A VINTAGE ORIGINAL
