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Carrie Bebris

Intrigue at Highbury or Emma’s Match

Mr and Mrs Darcy Mystery

Synopsis: Elizabeth and Darcy are on their way to stay with Colonel Fitzwilliam, but are robbed when travelling through Highbury. They seek out Mr Knightley in his function as magistrate, not knowing that he has a mystery of his own to solve. Frank Churchill’s adoptive father Edgar has been poisoned during the celebrations of Frank’s marriage to Jane Fairfax. The Knightleys and the Darcys come together to solve the mystery, when they realise that the poisoning and the theft are connected.

I always enjoy Bebris’s mysteries involving the Darcys, and this one is no exception. Bebris has a clear handle on Austen, understanding the inner workings of her characters, and reproduces them without any glaring changes. She has Emma be up to her old tricks, attempting to provide Miss Bates with a suitable match, after Mrs Elton decides that a mentally challenged farmer would be the ideal husband for Miss Bates.

Elizabeth is as forthright and perceptive as she was in Pride and Prejudice, her interplay with Darcy including some funny dialogue. She and Emma become friends rapidly, bonding over their husbands’ mutual love of husbandry, and sympathising with each other.

I like the fact that we get to see different characters from Austen’s novels interact, and it’s always in a natural way. I don’t think I’ve seen them act in a way which seems counter to the characteristics that Austen originally gave to them, and I’ve read each of Bebris’ Darcy focused novels multiple times.

 

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hgolightly1982

I'm a thirty something woman who lives in the north of England. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember, creating stories both written and verbal since childhood. While studying at Edge Hill College, I got several poems published by a small publisher in the USA, and in Europe. I have been part of several writing groups, and done quite a few courses in a attempt to hone my writing skills further. I love reading different genres of fiction, knowing that the best way to develop my own writing, and my vocabulary is by exposing myself to the different ways that other people choose to describe things. The most recent writing course that I've been part of, run by a published author, included a exercise in which we were challenged to read things that we would never usually even look at. It inspired me to take up a challenge. Namely to attempt to read at least one book by every author which is stocked in my local library. I soon realised that I was being far too ambitious, especially given the fact that every library rotates their stock too often for me to keep track. I've decided to instead attempt to read a book every day, starting with a author whose surname begins with A, and ending with a author whose surname begins with Z. It doesn't matter what the topic of the book is, or if it's fiction or non fiction, everything is useful for me at the minute.

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