Format: Audio 

Yet again, I had a great time with this. I really enjoy our Mr Darcey and Miss Tilney mysteries. 

Someone is trying to kill Lady Catherine and Jonathan and Juliet are called in to find their identify before they succeed. This is the first time our characters begin an investigation before a murder, and it was really interesting to see how this affected their activities. And of course having Lady Catherine breathing down your neck doesn’t make for an easy investigation. 

I really enjoy these. They’re fun (or as fun as murder and attempted murder can be) and it’s nice to see Jane Austen’s characters in a different light. Although, this is also one of the aspects of the book I struggle with the most. I don’t think they always stay true to the characters we grew to know and love in Jane’s novels. I wouldn’t say this is a criticism – time has passed and of course we all interpret characters differently but sometimes it was just hard to really picture the characters behaving in this way when it felt so different. Mr Darcy (the elder) for instance is one I struggle with quite a lot in this series. His growth is one of the biggest in Pride and Prejudice but it does feel like there’s a lot of regress in Mr Darcy as he is now – that pride and snootiness (for lack of a better word) have made a return! And yet in contrast, I was much more interested in just what was going on with the Collinses in this novel than I ever was in P&P. So swings and roundabouts I guess! 

Ultimately though, I had another great time with this. I really like how threads of Juliet and Jonathan’s story move from one book to the next and look forward to seeing what’s in store for them in book four.