The Intrigue at Highbury: Or, Emma's Match (A Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mystery)

By Carrie Bebris

Book Overview

Mr. and Mrs. Darcy are looking forward to a?relaxing stay with?dear friends when their carriage is hailed by a damsel-in-distress outside of the village of Highbury. Little do the Darcys realize that gypsies roam these woods, or that both their possessions and the woman are about to vanish into the night. ? The Darcys?seek out?the?parish magistrate, who is having a difficult evening of his own. Mr.?Knightley and his new wife, the former Miss Emma Woodhouse (the heroine of Jane Austen's Emma ) are hosting a party to celebrate the marriage of their friends, Mr. Frank Churchill and Miss Jane Fairfax. During dinner, Mr. Edgar Churchill,?uncle and?adoptive father?of the groom, falls suddenly ill and dies. The cause of death: poison. ? When the? Darcys and the Knightleys?join forces to investigate the crimes, they discover that the robbery and Edgar Churchill's death may be connected.?Together they must work to quickly?locate the source of the poison and the murderer's motive--before the killer can strike again.?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765318482
• ISBN13: 9780765318480
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Tor Books
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 8.5"