The Murder of Mr. Wickham
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The Murder of Mr. Wickham
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Billie Fulford-Brown
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Claudia Gray
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A summer house party turns into a thrilling whodunit when Jane Austen's Mr. Wickham—one of literature’s most notorious villains—meets a sudden and suspicious end in this brilliantly imagined mystery featuring Austen’s leading literary characters.
“Had Jane Austen sat down to write a country house murder mystery, this is exactly the book she would have written.”—Alexander McCall Smith
The happily married Mr. Knightley and Emma are throwing a party at their country estate, bringing together distant relatives and new acquaintances—characters beloved by Jane Austen fans. Definitely not invited is Mr. Wickham, whose latest financial scheme has netted him an even broader array of enemies. As tempers flare and secrets are revealed, it’s clear that everyone would be happier if Mr. Wickham got his comeuppance. Yet they’re all shocked when Wickham turns up murdered—except, of course, for the killer hidden in their midst.
Nearly everyone at the house party is a suspect, so it falls to the party’s two youngest guests to solve the mystery: Juliet Tilney, the smart and resourceful daughter of Catherine and Henry, eager for adventure beyond Northanger Abbey; and Jonathan Darcy, the Darcys’ eldest son, whose adherence to propriety makes his father seem almost relaxed. In this tantalizing fusion of Austen and Christie, from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray, the unlikely pair must put aside their own poor first impressions and uncover the guilty party—before an innocent person is sentenced to hang.
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ONE OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL'S BEST MYSTERY BOOKS OF THE YEAR
“Had Jane Austen sat down to write a country house murder mystery, this is exactly the book she would have written. Devotees of Austen’s timeless novels will get the greatest possible pleasure from this wonderful book. Immense fun and beautifully observed. Delicious!”—Alexander McCall Smith
“A well-done pastiche that balances menace with wit, recrimination with reconciliation, sin with redemption and justice with mercy.”—The Wall Street Journal
“Satisfying.... Readers looking for a charming mystery will adore this book. Gray captures Austen’s tone perfectly, allowing fans to step back into the Regency author’s beloved world.”—BookPage
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- Kitchen Queen
- 11-05-22
good light-hearted listen
To meet again Austen's characters in a Christy-esque house party murder mystery was a brilliant crossing of genres.
The narration was very well done.
However, an inconsistency in chapter numeration led to a small irritation. This is something quite common in audible books, where the introduction etc classed as Chapter 1 and the Chapter list is not amended. Hence I listened to a large chunk twice as I tried to find my place over several devices.
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- Nichola F
- 30-12-24
A thoroughly enjoyable fusion of Austenalia & whodunnits
I’ve loved Claudia Gray’s writing since she was penning novel-length fanfics in some of my favourite fandoms decades ago, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed following her into publishing original fiction and official spinoff novels.
As such this was an insta-buy: I have probably disliked more Austen spinoffs than I’ve loved, but I knew that I could trust Claudia Gray’s grasp of character and her storytelling instincts, and that her prose would be crisp and polished - and so it proved. This book (and its sequels) gleefully combines characters from myriad different Austen books then throws in a murder mystery and designates the son of Elizabeth & Fitzwilliam Darcy and the daughter of Catherine Morland & Henry Tilney as the amateur sleuths du jour.
If you are looking for a pure Austen spinoff, this may not be your jam: Austen did not write whodunnits, and this IS a whodunnit, written with a view to hitting the expected beats of that genre. Gray switches between various characters’ points of view throughout the book, rather than emulating Austen’s omniscient authorial narrative voice, but her narrative voice, as well as the dialogue, evokes the language of the period effectively. (There are 2 or 3 places where I winced, and wished her editors had done better Britpicking for her, but overall it’s very good.) (But, dear Americans: scones have never been breakfast food in Britain, to the best of my knowledge.)
I found Gray’s takes on the various Austen characters very satisfying, and the portrayal of Mr Darcy’s son as on the spectrum in particular is a delightful and entirely plausible choice - Darcy’s combination of social awkwardness and sincerity absolutely does read as on the spectrum, with hindsight, so making their son a trifle more so makes excellent sense.
The audiobook is performed with verve and confidence, and the narrator’s character voices are well judged.
Altogether this was very much my cup of tea.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-05-22
Best Austin sequel to date
hope the author writes more! She ceates a great story while staying true to the original charecters.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-02-25
Just amazing good fun!
Narrator fantastic. Characters developed further in a realistic way and I love the way our friends meet. Can’t wait to hear more. Excellent to be back with Elizabeth and rid finally of Wickham! Can’t wait to read more. It’s also a very empathetic window into the experience of a neurodiverse experience.
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- Mjoll
- 06-11-22
Absolutely brilliant
Lovely to read about the old characters in such an authentic way. I loved every second of it!
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- Mike
- 20-02-25
Brilliant
Great mystery, brilliant concept and excellently performed. I'm going to look for more from this author now.
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- Alayla
- 23-02-25
Loved this
It’s got all the key Austen characters, who all happen to come together in a classic mystery house party. A murder happens and all become suspects in turn. This was a really fun Austen whodunnit which also stayed true to the characters and the time.
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- B. Seed
- 24-02-25
Excellent idea
Loved the idea of scooping up a load of Austen's characters, giving them a shared history, marooning them in a country house with no means of escape and sending in a cad and a bounder to get murdered by one of their number! The writing was a bit laboured and the performance grated a bit after a time, but it was good fun nonetheless. The plot was excellent and the ending very suitable. A nice frothy listen, but Jane Austen the author is not....
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- Ranganathan
- 10-05-22
Agatha Austen
A bestselling Star Wars fiction author writes a Christie/Austen mash up, it shouldn't work but it does. Gray throws in practically every Austen character you can think of and it's a delight to meet them all once more. If your a fan of Jane and can take the premise you are in for a treat. Not as worthy as Death Comes to Pemberley but far more entertaining in my opinion. I do hope there will be a sequel. Brilliant.
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- Elisabeth Wright
- 25-02-25
Absolutely loved this book
What an absolute delight this story is, the familiar characters are brought to life in new surroundings that are crafted & written so beautifully that not one situation seemed out of character. Loved every minute of it & so pleased to learn it’s a series!!
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