Sunday, May 21, 2023

The Murder of Mr. Wickham - A Spotlight

Today I'd like to shine a spotlight on a book I just discovered. The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray is the first book in the Mr. Darcy and Miss Tilney Mystery series. I didn't know it existed, but it's going on my TBR pile, along with the second in the series that was released last week.

Blurb:

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.


1 comment:

  1. Sounds like a fun read thank you for the review. deborahortega229@yahoo.com

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