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Jane and the Man of the Cloth: Being the Second Jane Austen Mystery
Jane Austen and her family are looking forward to a peaceful late-summer holiday in the seaside village of Lyme Regis. But on the road thither, a fearful storm and an overturned carriage lead the shaken travelers to seek refuge at High Down Grange. And there, in a dismal manor house wrapt in an air of malevolent neglect, Jane meets the darkly forbidding yet strangely attractive master of High Down Grange, Mr. Geoffrey Sidmouth. What murky secrets does the brooding Mr. Sidmouth hope to preserve behind his fierce glower? And who is the exceedingly lovely young woman dressed in peasant garb who shares his home? Once settled in town, Jane seeks to learn the answers. Yet common gossip is soon forgotten when a man is found hanged from a makeshift gibbet by the sea. Only the day before, Jane had observed this same man in a heated exchange with Mr. Sidmouth. Still, the worthies of Lyme are certain the labourer's death is the work of "the Reverend, " the notorious ringleader of the midnight smuggling trade. The Reverend's identity is the paramount mystery of Lyme Regis. And Jane, who can never resist a puzzle, is determined to solve this one. But to her dismay, she must soon admit that she harbours a strange sensibility for a man who could very well be a murderer. And then a second mysterious death draws her into a perilous scheme to entrap and expose Geoffrey Sidmouth. From the drawing-rooms of the cultured and the devious to secret caverns and coarse haunts, her mission will take her far from a lady's proper venue...until even so canny a student of character and valiant adventurer must ask herself: "Is the prize worth the risk - to my heart as well as my person?"
Book Details
- Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
- Publish Date: Nov 3rd, 1997
- Pages: 368
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 6.91in - 4.22in - 0.99in - 0.40lb
- EAN: 9780553574890
- Categories: • Mystery & Detective - Historical• Thrillers - Suspense• Mystery & Detective - Traditional
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About the Author
Stephanie Barron is the author of eight previous Jane Austen mysteries. She lives in Colorado, where she is at work on the next Jane Austen mystery.
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Praise for this book
"Eat your heart out, Charlotte Bronte! . . . Jane's narrative voice stays coolly crisp and witty, never losing its clarity of style and authenticity of tone, even in nerve-racking moments of excitement . . . captivating . . . delightful . . . Ms. Barron's skillful rendering of Austen's style, attuned to picking up the most delicate fluctuations in social behavior, reveals it to be an ideal vehicle for the classic cozy murder mystery. Who knew?"--The New York Times Book Review
"The words, characters, and references are so real it is a shock to find that the author is not Austen herself."--Arizona Republic
"The words, characters, and references are so real it is a shock to find that the author is not Austen herself."--Arizona Republic
"Delightful . . . captures the style and wit of Austen. . . . A real charmer."--San Francisco Examiner
"There's plenty to enjoy in this crime-solving side of Jane. . . . [She] is as worthy a detective as Columbo."--USA Today