![]() With shocking suddenness, Pemberley is plunged into a frightening mystery. She stumbles out of the carriage, hysterical, shrieking that Wickham has been murdered. A coach careens up the drive carrying Lydia, Elizabeth’s disgraced sister, who with her husband, the very dubious Wickham, has been banned from Pemberley. Then, on the eve of the ball, the patrician idyll is shattered. And preparations are under way for their much-anticipated annual autumn ball. Elizabeth’s sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby her father visits often there is optimistic talk about the prospects of marriage for Darcy’s sister Georgiana. They have two fine sons, Fitzwilliam and Charles. Elizabeth has found her footing as the chatelaine of the great house. ![]() Their peaceful, orderly world seems almost unassailable. It is 1803, six years since Elizabeth and Darcy embarked on their life together at Pemberley, Darcy’s magnificent estate. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws the characters of Jane Austen’s beloved novel Pride and Prejudice into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem. ![]()
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