Book Review
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kenjariJane and the Man of the Cloth
by Stephanie Barron
In the second of the Jane Austen mysteries, Jane and her family take a holiday in the coastal village of Lyme. There, Jane finds herself surrounded by intrigue and mystery after their carriage is overturned during a storm and they must take temporary refuge in the odd household of Geoffrey Sidmouth, and a few days thereafter a man is found hanged at the end of the town jetty. The murder is assumed to be the work of the local smuggling ring, but who exactly is the ringleader and what is really going on along this stretch of coast?
The actual mystery in this one was a rather slow build, but quite exciting and satisfying once it got going. Jane gets to know two men who may be potential suitors, although both of them seem to have things to hide. She ends up doing some very daring sleuthing, and finding out a lot about the darker underbelly of Lyme. I was able to figure out some of what was going on and who was responsible, and I liked the way it tied into some of the events of the Napoleonic wars.
by Stephanie Barron
In the second of the Jane Austen mysteries, Jane and her family take a holiday in the coastal village of Lyme. There, Jane finds herself surrounded by intrigue and mystery after their carriage is overturned during a storm and they must take temporary refuge in the odd household of Geoffrey Sidmouth, and a few days thereafter a man is found hanged at the end of the town jetty. The murder is assumed to be the work of the local smuggling ring, but who exactly is the ringleader and what is really going on along this stretch of coast?
The actual mystery in this one was a rather slow build, but quite exciting and satisfying once it got going. Jane gets to know two men who may be potential suitors, although both of them seem to have things to hide. She ends up doing some very daring sleuthing, and finding out a lot about the darker underbelly of Lyme. I was able to figure out some of what was going on and who was responsible, and I liked the way it tied into some of the events of the Napoleonic wars.
