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The Deception at Lyme

Or, The Peril of Persuasion

Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries (Volume 6)

Author: Carrie Bebris

The Deception at Lyme

The Deception at Lyme

$17.99

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In Jane Austen's Persuasion, the Cobb—Lyme's famous seawall—proved dangerous to a careless young woman. Now it proves deadly.

Following their recent intrigue at Highbury,...

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304
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On Sale
08/07/2012

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In Jane Austen's Persuasion, the Cobb—Lyme's famous seawall—proved dangerous to a careless young woman. Now it proves deadly.

Following their recent intrigue at Highbury, Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy visit the seaside village of Lyme on holiday. Family business also draws them there, to receive the personal effects of Mr. Darcy's late cousin, a naval lieutenant who died in action.

Their retreat turns tragic when they come upon a body lying at the base of the Cobb. The victim is Mrs. Clay, a woman with a scandalous past that left her with child—a child whose existence threatened the inheritance of one of her paramours and the reputation of another. Did she lose her balance and fall from the slippery breakwater, or was she pushed?

Mrs. Clay's death is not the only one that commands the Darcys' attention. When Mr. Darcy discovers, among his cousin's possessions, evidence that the young lieutenant's death might have been murder, he allies with Captain Frederick Wentworth (hero of Jane Austen's Persuasion) to probe details of a battle that took place across the sea…but was influenced by a conspiracy much closer to home.

The Deception at Lyme (Or, The Peril of Persuasion) is the delightful sixth installment in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Mr. and Mrs. Darcy mystery series by Carrie Bebris.

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Tor Books

ISBN

9780765327987

In The News

“Of the many writers dabbling in the world of Austen's novels, Bebris is one of the best, and readers will be thoroughly hooked by her latest whodunit.” —Booklist on The Intrigue at Highbury

“Perhaps the most faithful sequel to Austen in this beguiling series.” —Publishers Weekly on The Intrigue at Highbury

“A fantastic addition to Carrie Bebris's already outstanding series, and in my humble opinion, it is her best novel yet.” —Austenesque Reviews on The Intrigue at Highbury

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The Deception at Lyme

The Deception at Lyme

$17.99