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Pride, Prejudice, and Poison
- A Jane Austen Society Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Perfect for fans of Laura Levine and Stephanie Barron, Elizabeth Blake's Jane Austen Society mystery debut is a mirthfully morbid merger of manners and murder.
In this Austen-tatious debut, antiquarian bookstore proprietor Erin Coleridge uses her sense and sensibility to deduce who killed the president of the local Jane Austen Society.
Erin Coleridge's used bookstore in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, England, is a meeting place for the villagers and, in particular, for the local Jane Austen Society. At the Society's monthly meeting, matters come to a head between the old guard and its young turks. After the meeting breaks for tea, persuasion gives way to murder with extreme prejudice when president Sylvia Pemberthy falls dead to the floor. Poisoned? Presumably, but by whom? And was Sylvia the only target?
Handsome but shy Detective Inspector Peter Hemming and charismatic Sergeant Rashid Jarral arrive at the scene. The long suspect list includes Sylvia's lover Kurt Becker and his tightly wound wife Suzanne. Or, perhaps, the killer was Sylviaâ's own cuckolded husband, Jerome. Among the many Society members who may have had her in their sights is dashing Jonathan Alder, who was heard having a royal battle of words with the late president the night before.
Then, when Jonathan Alder narrowly avoids becoming the next victim, Farnsworth (the town's cat lady) persuades a seriously time-crunched Erin to help DI Hemming. But the killer is more devious than anyone imagines.
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- Bernadette Aitken
- 04-06-2022
A cozy mystery
If you enjoy cozy mysteries set in small English villages, then this is one for you. There are plenty of interesting characters and incidents to keep you listening. If you have a fondness for the works of Jane Austen then you will find this story littered with references and quotes.
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- shell
- 30-01-2023
Great story. Well performed
I really enjoyed this story about murder in a Jane Austen society. Small town mysteries. Written well good characters. Can’t wait til the next one
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- Meaghan
- 12-07-2022
Nice, easy read - not too deep.
Easy to listen to mystery, with plot lines that are a little too convenient. Lots of characters, a little hard to follow, also meaning the development was a little shallow.
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- Kate
- 31-05-2023
Odd…inconsistent reading
Whilst the narrator did well with key voices, the accents for some characters changed multiple times in the reading, which was distracting.
The story itself …the mystery part was good, but the incessant Jane Austen quotes and contrived scenes were really annoying. I won’t bother with the next book.
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