Howdy...
I just saw a new novel on the shelves at WaldenBooks.  It's a mystery novel
by Stephanie Barron.  It is titled JANE AND THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT SCARGROVE
MANOR.  On the jacket at the top, it also states that this is "The First
Jane Austen Mystery."
I gather this is a projected new series with Jane Austen as a detective.
Has anyone read this, or heard anything about it?  Is anyone familiar with
Stephanie Barron?  I checked the racks but could find nothing else by her.
I'm curious about this as Austen is one of my favorite authors.  I also
saw an interview with PD James in which she said Austen was her favorite
author and suggested that if Austen were alive today, she would be writing
mysteries.
I've read similar sorts of efforts with both Samuel Johnson and Charles
Dickens as detectives.  In both cases, I found them mildly interesting, but
not sufficiently so to push me to buying a second in the series.  I enjoyed
the period atmosphere, but never really felt that these really captured
neither Johnson's nor Dickens' character.  Has anyone else read any of
these, or similar works?  What has been your reaction?
I also picked up a copy of Martha Grimes' RAINBOW'S END, the second of her
"Inspector Jury" books to take place in the US--this time in Santa Fe.
Hmmm, getting closer to Tucson.
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