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Title:
The deception at Lyme, or, The peril of persuasion : a Mr. & Mrs. Darcy mystery
Alternate title:
Peril of persuasion
Series Number:
6.
Summary:
In Jane Austen's Persuasion, the Cobb—Lyme's famous seawall—proved dangerous to a careless young woman. Now it proves deadly. Following their recent intrigue at Highbury, Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy visit the seaside village of Lyme on holiday. Family business also draws them there, to receive the personal effects of Mr. Darcy's late cousin, a naval lieutenant who died in action. Their retreat turns tragic when they come upon a body lying at the base of the Cobb. The victim is Mrs. Clay, a woman with a scandalous past that left her with child—a child whose existence threatened the inheritance of one of her paramours and the reputation of another. Did she lose her balance and fall from the slippery breakwater, or was she pushed? Mrs. Clay's death is not the only one that commands the Darcys' attention. When Mr. Darcy discovers, among his cousin's possessions, evidence that the young lieutenant's death might have been murder, he allies with Captain Frederick Wentworth (hero of Jane Austen's Persuasion) to probe details of a battle that took place across the sea . . . but was influenced by a conspiracy much closer to home. -- Amazon.com.
General Note:
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
303 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Geographic Term:
Publisher:
Tor Book,
Publication Date:
2011
ISBN:
9780765327970

9780765327987
Publication Information:
New York : Tor Book, 2011.
Call Number:
BEBRIS
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