'A wonderful treat.'Melvyn Bragg'A sparkling curio that will appeal to both Janeites and Jamesites.'Daily TelegraphThe world is classic Jane Austen. The mystery is vintage P.D. James.In their six years of marriage,Elizabeth and Darcy have forged a peaceful,happy life for their family at Pemberley,Darcy's impressive estate.But on the eve of their annual autumn ball,chaos descends. A chaise appears,rocking down the path from Pemberley's wild woodland. As it pulls up,Lydia Wickham - Elizabeth Bennet's younger,unreliable sister - stumbles out screaming that her husband 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 . . .
Publisher: Faber & FaberISBN: 9780571379699Number of pages: 352Weight: 292 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mmEdition: Main - Christmas Edition
P. D. James
P.D. James,who passed in 2014,was instrumental in bringing a contemporary,literary edge to British crime writing. With twisting plots to match the probing intelligence of her key protagonist Adam Dalgliesh,from 1962's Cover Her Face onward James challenged and exceeded the genre. 1972's An Unsuitable Job for a Woman took James into the murky realms of the private detective and 1992's Children of Men even saw the author journey into near-future science fiction with assured results.
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