Imagine an English country house party where all the guests are your favorite couples from Jane Austen novels. That's what The Murder of Mr. Wickham (#1,234) is all about. What fun for Janeites! (except for Mr. Wickham, of course!). Claudia Gray has set her novel in 1820, so readers will be familiar with just about everyone but the Darcy's oldest son Jonathan, and the Tilney's young daughter Juliet as the Knightleys host a ragtag assembly of friends and connections.
After Wickham shows up uninvited and meets his demise soon afterwards, it becomes clear just about everyone in the house had reason to wish him gone from their lives. Equally clear to Jonathan and Juliet is that someone in their house party had to have done the deed. But whom?
That's the delicious part of this book. You really don't want any of your favorite characters to be the guilty party. But as they say, getting there is half the fun!
The even better news is that Claudia Gray has already written two more sequels to The Murder of Mr. Wickham. Can't wait to read the further adventures of Jonathan and Juliet.
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