Jane and the Man of the Cloth

MysteryLarge Print EditionJanes narrative voice stays coolly crisp and witty, never losing its clarity of style and authenticity of tone, even in nerve-racking moments of excitement. New York TimesWorthy of its origins, this book is a delight. starred, Publishers WeeklyOn their way to a peaceful holiday in a seaside village, Jane Austen and her familys carriage overturns, leaving the shaken travellers to take shelter at High Down Grange, a dismal manor house with an even more forbidding master of the manor, one Mr. Geoffrey Sidmouth. Jane is curious about the strangely attractive man and the lovely peasant woman who shares his home. When a man whom Jane had observed having a heated discussion with Mr. Sidmouth is found hanged, Jane cannot resist and delves deep into the foibles, passions and ruthless machinations that lurk within a most polite society.