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First in a captivating new series, Jane Austen’s Emma Knightley entertains a different role in Highbury—going from clever matchmaker to Regency England’s shrewdest sleuth.
"Clever and charming, Vanessa Kelly brings Austen’s world in Highbury village to life with beloved characters, twisty hijinks, and a mystery that will keep you guessing."…
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Emma Woodhouse—now the happily married Mrs. George Knightley—is the sleuth in Vanessa Kelly’s delightful Jane Austen-inspired mystery, “Murder in Highbury.” When a corpse turns up in the village church, clever Emma is on the case. Readers of Austen’s “Emma” will agree: Vanessa Kelly chose the perfect murder victim in Mrs. Elton. But who cracked the vicar’s wife over the head with a candlestick? Sleepy Highbury provides a surfeit of suspects.
Kelly endows her Emma Knightley with just the right blend of charm and spice and supports her with a terrific cast of quirky characters drawn from Austen’s novel. Kelly creates…
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