num_pages: 386
description: A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham one of literatures most notorious villains meets a sudden and suspicious end in this mystery featuring Jane Austens leading literary characters.The happily married Mr. Knightley and Emma are throwing a house party bringing together distant relatives and new acquaintancescharacters 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 its clear that everyone would be happier if Mr. Wickham got his comeuppance. Yet theyre all shocked when Wickham turns up murderedexcept of course for the killer hidden in their midst.Nearly everyone at the house party is a suspect so it falls to the partys 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. The unlikely pair must put aside their own poor first impressions and uncover the guilty partybefore an innocent person is sentenced to hang.
language: English
title: The Murder of Mr. Wickham
publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group