Murder Most Austen: A Mystery

When a controversial professor is murdered at a Jane Austen jubilee in England, a devoted Austenite becomes an amateur sleuth to find the killer. A dedicated Anglophile and Janeite, Elizabeth Parker is hoping the trip to the annual Jane Austen Festival in Bath will distract her from her lack of a job and her uncertain future with her boyfriend, Peter. On the plane ride to England, she and Aunt Winnie meet Professor Richard Baines, a self-proclaimed expert on all things Austen. His outlandish claims that within each Austen novel there is a sordid secondary story is second only to his odious theory on the true cause of Austen's death. When Baines is found stabbed to death in his Mr. Darcy costume during the costume ball, it appears that Baines's theories have finally pushed one Austen fan too far. But Aunt Winnie's friend becomes the prime suspect, so Aunt Winnie enlists Elizabeth to find the professor's real killer. With an ex-wife, a scheming daughter-in-law, and a trophy wife, not to mention a festival's worth of die-hard Austen fans, there are no shortage of suspects. This fourth in Tracy Kiely's charming series is pure delight. If Bath is the number-one Mecca for Jane Austen fans, Murder Most Austen is the perfect read for those who love some laughs and quick wit with their mystery. "Kiely's admiration for the wit and wisdom of Jane Austen is one of the many charms of this delightful series." —Dorothy Cannell, author of the Ellie Haskell mysteries "[A] witty take on the old-fashioned whodunit." —Richmond Times-Dispatch "A satisfying mystery and a charming heroine." —Booklist

© 2012 Minotaur Books (E-bog): 9781250017352

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E-bog: 4. september 2012