Death Comes to Pemberley
Ratings28
Average rating2.9
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Ratings28
Average rating2.9
Death Comes to Pemberly is a murder mystery based on the characters from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The novel joins Mr and Mrs Darcy after they have been married for six year and just as they are preparing to hold their annual ball in honour of Mr Darcy’s mother.
Everything is going well, Jane and Bingley have arrived and their staff have preparations well in hand. Then the night before the ball Lydia turns up hysterical, screaming that her husband has been murdered. We find out that Lydia, with Wickham and Denny, had been on her way to Pemberley for the ball, uninvited of course, when Wickham and Denny had gone into the woods and gunshots were heard. Lydia promptly took off, headed straight for Pemberley.
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A very satisfying read. I almost had the mystery figured out.
I thought the writing style and the use of Austen's characters was fine, but it never really gripped me and the pace was patchy at times. Although Darcy looks into the crime, I'm not sure that he could really be called a detective as such, considering the way that the book turns out. There are great chunks of novel devoted to the legal system of the time, which although interesting did slow the plot down somewhat.
Disappointingly dull and not much of a mystery at all. Serves me right for trying to relive the magic that was P&P through any other author but Miss Austen.
“You are mounting quite an impressive expedition to satisfy one hysterical woman.”
Started out okay but slowed down too much for me.
I assume there’s some good research done and there’s plenty of facts on how the legal system is working at the time. Which isn’t great fun.
Also some repetition from the original book and the characters are not popping. Jane Austens characters are coming straight at you but not here, flat.
