Murder at Mansfield Park

Tried to judge this on its merits as a stand-alone novel rather than a Jane Austen spin off, as it clearly doesn't work as being associated with the novel it's based on as the author has just pretty much taken the names and locations and some of the situations and pretty much forgotten the characters. Anyway, it is certainly written in the regency style, but I didn't really think it was that great as a novel. A bit patchy, rushed and the detective seemed to be one of those omnipotent ones who seem to know all sorts of facts about characters without it being properly explained how he knew. I get the feeling this was the author trying her hand at the genre, because as far as I remember, her next novel featuring the detective was better.