Jane and the Man of the Cloth, Stephanie Barron
Jane and the Man of the Cloth, Stephanie Barron
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Jane and the Man of the Cloth
Being the Second Jane Austen Mystery

Author: Stephanie Barron

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 10 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/19/2020


Synopsis

For everyone who loves Jane Austen . . . the second tantalizing mystery in a new series that transforms the beloved author into a dazzling sleuth!

Jane and her family are looking forward to a peaceful holiday in the seaside village of Lyme Regis. Yet on the outskirts of town an overturned carriage forces the shaken travelers to take refuge at a nearby manor house. And it is there that Jane meets the darkly forbidding yet strangely attractive Mr. Geoffrey Sidmouth. What murky secrets does the brooding Mr. Sidmouth seek to hide? Jane suspects the worst—but her attention is swiftly diverted when a man is discovered hanged from a makeshift gibbet by the sea. The worthies of Lyme are certain his death is the work of “the Reverend,” the ringleader of the midnight smuggling trade whose identity is the town's paramount mystery. Now, it falls to Jane to entrap and expose the notorious Reverend . . . even if the evidence points to the last person on earth she wants to suspect . . . a man who already may have won her heart.

About Stephanie Barron

Stephanie Barron is a graduate
of Princeton and Stanford, where she studied history. A former intelligence
analyst for the CIA, Stephanie—who also writes under the name Francine Mathews—drew
on her experience in the field of espionage for such novels as The Alibi Club, which Publishers Weekly named as one of the
fifteen best novels of 2006, and for her critically acclaimed Jane Austen Mystery series, in which the intrepid and witty author of Pride and Prejudice details her secret detective career in Regency England. Barron lives and works in Denver.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on April 23, 2020

Despite my love for historical details, the mystery itself was terribly slow.......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on January 08, 2016

Adoro questa serie mystery classici! La vita di Jane Austen ,presentata con dovizia di particolari,si incastra perfettamente con le vicende narrate tanto da far credere che la nostra cara Jane potesse davvero essere un'astuta investigatrice al servizio della Corona. Le descrizioni di abiti ed ornamen......more


Quotes

“Eat your heart out, Charlotte Bronte! . . . Jane's narrative voice stays coolly crisp and witty, never losing its clarity of style and authenticity of tone, even in nerve-racking moments of excitement . . . captivating . . . delightful . . . Ms. Barron's skillful rendering of Austen's style, attuned to picking up the most delicate fluctuations in social behavior, reveals it to be an ideal vehicle for the classic cozy murder mystery. Who knew?”The New York Times Book Review

“The words, characters, and references are so real it is a shock to find that the author is not Austen herself.”Arizona Republic

“Delightful . . . captures the style and wit of Austen. . . . A real charmer.”San Francisco Examiner

“There's plenty to enjoy in this crime-solving side of Jane. . . . [She] is as worthy a detective as Columbo.”USA Today