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#15 Being a Jane Austen Mystery
Historical Mystery
Publisher: Soho Crime
Published: 10.24.23
Pages: 312
Rating: 4.5 stars
Format: eARC
Source: NetGalley
Sellers: Amazon
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GoodReads Blurb:
The final volume of the critically
acclaimed mystery series featuring Jane Austen as amateur sleuth
March 1817: As winter turns to spring, Jane Austen’s
health is in slow decline, and threatens to cease progress on her latest
manuscript. But when her nephew Edward brings chilling news of a death at his
former school, Winchester College, not even her debilitating ailment can keep
Jane from seeking out the truth. Arthur Prendergast, a senior pupil at the
prestigious all-boys’ boarding school, has been found dead in a culvert near
the schoolgrounds—and in the pocket of his drenched waistcoat is an
incriminating note penned by the young William Heathcote, the son of Jane’s
dear friend Elizabeth. Winchester College is a world unto itself, with its own
language and rites of passage, cruel hazing and dangerous pranks. Can Jane
clear William’s name before her illness gets the better of her?
Over the course of fourteen previous novels in the
critically acclaimed Being a Jane Austen Mystery series, Stephanie Barron has
won the hearts of thousands of fans—crime fiction aficionados and Janeites
alike—with her tricky plotting and breathtaking evocation of Austen’s voice.
Now, she brings Jane’s final season—and final murder investigation—to
brilliant, poignant life in this unforgettable conclusion.
