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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780553574890
ISBN number: 0553574892
Label: Crimeline
Manufacturer: Crimeline
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 368
Printing Date: December 01, 1997
Publishing house: Crimeline
Release Date: November 03, 1997
Sale Popularity Level: 176346
Studio: Crimeline
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For everyone who loves Jane Austen...the second tantalizing mystery in a new series that transforms the beloved author into a dazzling sleuth!
Jane and her family are looking forward to a peaceful holiday in the seaside village of Lyme Regis. Yet on the outskirts of town an overturned carriage forces the shaken travelers to take refuge at a nearby manor house. And it is there that Jane meets the darkly forbidding yet strangely attractive Mr. Geoffrey Sidmouth. What murky secrets does the brooding Mr. Sidmouth seek to hide? Jane suspects the worst—but her attention is swiftly diverted when a man is discovered hanged from a makeshift gibbet by the sea. The worthies of Lyme are certain his death is the work of 'the Reverend,' the ringleader of the midnight smuggling trade whose identity is the town's paramount mystery. Now, it falls to Jane to entrap and expose the notorious Reverend...even if the evidence points to the last person on earth she wants to suspect...a man who already may have won her heart.
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One of the sweetest surprises of the recent Jane Austen revival has been the exquisite Jane Austen mystery series begun by Stephanie Barron's Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor. Fans of Jane Austen will appreciate the detailed and stylistic sensitivity of Barron's sequel. When a storm forces Jane to take shelter at the home of Geoffrey Sidmouth, she uncovers a mystery surrounding her host's character and a powerful romantic attraction as well. But this is Austen on the case, and you can count on propriety at every turn. Jane's ear for gossip and her careful manners make her a super sleuth in this romantic mystery full of Victoriana and literary charm.
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I too was a little hesitant to start this Jane Austen series, but my love for historical mysteries drove me to try. I am glad that I have begun the series. This is the second book in the series, and it is better than the first. There is everything here, romance, intrigue, smugglers, spys and of course Jane Austen at the centre of it. It is located in Lyme during September of 1804, right smack in the mddle of the tension between France's Napoleon and England. Jane loves Lyme, and does not expect it to be a hotbed of intrigue, and with deaths occurring in unexplained ways. She sets out to unravel the mystery when a man she has met is arrested for the murder of another young man that Jane had met and danced with at the weekly assembly. She certainly gets more than she bargained for, and finds herself in some danger when she is very close to solving the mysteries in Lyme. This series is excellent, and I can't wait to read the subsequent one.
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This Stephanie Barron mystery kept me happily reading. The scenes of Lyme were excellent, highlighting the different social strata. Suspension of disbelief was stretched thin when Jane wondered about at night alone - hard to imagine Jane breaking with cultural norms to do so. If the author can break those norms, then I wish that Barron would give Jane more romance than a look or an unspoken acknowledgment that an attraction exists. Give Jane a little bit more to chew on, so to speak - a touch, a wink, dare I suggest a stolen kiss? The book was fun and enjoyable, and though not quite as good as the first, good enough to spur me on to read the next.
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I love mysteries and Jane Austen books - so this series was a delightful find. It's a quick and enjoyable read. You almost believe that these events happened, and you'll find yourself rooting for Jane.
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Not only did this book offer tingling suspense, but it provided lots of information about Lyme, England, Regency mores, and early Free Trade. Stephanie Baron is remarkable in her ability to project Austen's personality as I know it into these mysteries. During my reading of the book, I "solved" the identity of the Reverend with every male character in the book and yet never considered the actual male who had that title. This mystery was thrilling and to end the book was bittersweet.
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I was somewhat reluctant to read the Jane Austen mysteries at first, fearing the stories would be poorly written as some Austen sequels are. But I was pleasantly surprised with the very first Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor. I liked the very first well enough to indulge in reading this book, the second in the series - this one surpassed the original. More tension, more questions as to who is friend and who is foe, a little bit of romance, and the surprising twist at the end of who is the enemy and the aid of friends from the past. All makes for a wonderful book, a delightful mystery from beginning to end.
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