Author:
Stephanie Barron

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Learn moreChristmas Eve, 1814. Jane Austen has been invited to spend the holiday with family and friends at the Vyne, the gorgeous ancestral home of the wealthy and politically prominent Chute family. As the year fades and friends begin to gather beneath the mistletoe for the twelve days of Christmas festivities, Jane and her circle are in a celebratory mood: Mansfield Park is selling nicely; Napoleon has been banished to Elba; British forces have seized Washington, DC; and on Christmas Eve, John Quincy Adams signs the Treaty of Ghent, which will end a war nobody in England really wanted.
Jane, however, discovers holiday cheer is fleeting. One of the Yuletide gathering dies in a tragic accident whose circumstances Jane immediately views with suspicion. If the accident was in fact murder, the killer is one of Jane's fellow snowbound guests. With clues scattered amid cleverly crafted charades, dark secrets coming to light during parlor games, and old friendships returning to haunt the Christmas parties, whom can Jane trust to help her discover the truth and stop the killer from striking again?
Stephanie Barron is a graduate of Princeton and Stanford, where she studied history. A former intelligence analyst for the CIA, Stephanieโwho also writes under the name Francine Mathewsโdrew 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 herย 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. Barronย lives and works in Denver.
Kate Reading is the recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards and has been named by AudioFile magazine as a โVoice of the Century,โ as well as the Best Voice in Science Fiction & Fantasy in 2008 and 2009 and Best Voice in Biography & Culture in 2010. She has narrated works by such authors as Jane Austen, Robert Jordan, Edith Wharton, and Sophie Kinsella. Reading has performed at numerous theaters in Washington D.C. and received a Helen Hayes Award for her performance in Aunt Dan and Lemon. AudioFile magazine reports that, "With subtle control of characters and sense of pacing, Kateโs performances are a consistent pleasure."
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Kate Reading
ISBN:
9781483031286
Length:
9 hours 41 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
October 28, 2014
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
โSome of the most enjoyable, well-written fanfic ever created.โ
โA genteelly jolly series.โ
โVivid characters propel the subtle plot to its surprising conclusion. The first-person narration captures Austenโs tone as revealed in her letters: candid, loving, and occasionally acerbic.โ
โBarron fittingly sets her wonderfully wry and witty twelfth Jane Austen mystery during the twelve days of ChristmasโฆAn excellent period mystery for all historical fiction fans, but Jane Austen devotees will especially appreciate immersing themselves in the many biographical details about Austen that accompany the fictional murder mystery.โ
โTwelfth in the series, this is both a good double closed-house mystery and an engaging historical novel, with careful descriptions of Georgian Christmas customs, which involve celebrations beginning on Christmas and running through Epiphany.โ
โBarron has clearly done her homework in the language and manners of Austenโs timeโฆHer latest venture edges out competing authors of Regency whodunits.โ
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