num_pages: 336
description: Jane Austen is enjoying August, 1806, among Derbyshire's craggy peaks, sparkling streams, and cavernous gorges. That is, until she discovers the corpse of a young gentleman whose blond curls and delicate features suggest the face of an angel.More shocking still is the coroner's the deceased is no man but a maidservant — clad in the garb of her master, Mr. Charles Danforth of Penfolds Hall. Tess Arnold had ruled the stillroom at Penfolds for many years — until she was labeled a witch and dismissed for indiscretion. Was Tess the prey of a madman loose in the hills, or perchance the cast-off impediment to a gentleman's marriage?As usual, Jane's acute perception and her nose for trouble place her supremely at risk — from a killer who may strike as violently by day as he once did by night....
language: English
title: Jane and the Stillroom Maid
titlecomplete: Jane and the Stillroom Maid (Jane Austen Mysteries, #5)
genres: Cozy Mystery, Historical, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery, Regency, British Literature, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Murder Mystery
ratings_count: 2357
series: Jane Austen Mysteries
publisher: Bantam