Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargr..., Stephanie Barron
Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargr..., Stephanie Barron
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Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor
Being the First Jane Austen Mystery

Author: Stephanie Barron

Narrator: Kate Reading

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/19/2020


Synopsis

For everyone who loves Jane Austen...a marvelously entertaining new series that turns the incomparable author into an extraordinary sleuth!

On a visit to the estate of her friend, the young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, Jane bears witness to a tragedy. Isobel's husband—a gentleman of mature years—is felled by a mysterious and agonizing ailment. The Earl's death seems a cruel blow of fate for the newly married Isobel. Yet the bereaved widow soon finds that it's only the beginning of her misfortune...as she receives a sinister missive accusing her and the Earl's nephew of adultery—and murder. Desperately afraid that the letter will expose her to the worst sort of scandal, Isobel begs Jane for help. And Jane finds herself embroiled in a perilous investigation that will soon have her following a trail of clues that leads all the way to Newgate Prison and the House of Lords—a trail that may well place Jane's own person in the gravest jeopardy.

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 Cathy on March 21, 2007

This series of fictional mysteries solved by Jane Austen are charming and witty and a whole lot of fun for people who can't get enough Jane Austen. You need a healthy dose of girl-geekness to love these, but luckily I have plenty to spare. Usually I dislike mysteries, but these have enough Austen fl......more

Goodreads review by Angela on July 26, 2018

love this book. The idea of Jane Austen being a amateur detective is so cool......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on August 02, 2023

Having previously enjoyed a couple of other titles from this series, I finally got around to reading Stephanie Barron's first book featuring 19th century author Jane Austen as an amateur sleuth. It's December 1802, and Jane Austen has recently broken her (real life) short-lived engagement to Harris B......more

Goodreads review by Carole (in Canada) on February 03, 2017

This is the first of the Jane Austen Mystery series and I was very much entertained and delighted with it. I do love a good historical mystery series and I do love Jane Austen, so for me it was a match made in book heaven. Why it has taken me so long to start this series is beyond me! The basic prem......more

Goodreads review by QNPoohBear on December 02, 2022

Miss Jane Austen, spinster, of Bath is visiting her dear friend Isobel, the new Countess of Scargrave during the holiday season. Jane looks forward to enjoying a holiday house party celebrating her friend's recent nuptials to the older Earl of Scargrave, only something is amiss. Isobel seems unhappy......more


Quotes

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

“Happily succeeds on all levels: a robust tale of manners and mayhem that faithfully reproduces the Austen style—and engrosses to the finish.”Kirkus Reviews

“Splendid fun!”Star Tribune, Minneapolis