Publication

2016 - , New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

78,000 words, Guess

Page Count

312 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10125006547X
  • ISBN-139781250065476
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016001444
  • OCLC Control Number919105869
  • Better World Books9781250065476
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC813/.6
  • LCCPS3608.Y367 A89 2016
  • LCCPS3608.Y367A89 2016

Description

"When Emily Cavanaugh inherits a fortune from her great aunt, she expects her life to change. She doesn't expect to embark on a murder investigation, confront the man who broke her heart 35 years before, and nearly lose her own life. Emily travels to the sleepy coastal village of Stony Beach, Oregon, to claim her inheritance, centered in a beautiful Victorian estate called Windy Corner but also including a substantial portion of the real estate of the whole town. As she gets to know the town's eccentric inhabitants-- including her own once-and-possibly-future love, Sheriff Luke Richards-- she learns of a covert plan to develop Stony Beach into a major resort. She also hears hints that her aunt may have been murdered. Soon another suspicious death confirms this, and before long Emily herself experiences a near-fatal accident. Meanwhile, Emily reads Persuasion, hoping to find belated happiness with her first love as Anne Elliot did with Captain Wentworth. She notices a similarity between her not-quite-cousin Brock Runcible, heir to a smaller portion of her aunt's property, and Mr. Elliot in Persuasion, and her suspicions of Brock crystallize. But as she and Luke continue to investigate and events speed toward a climax, Emily realizes that underneath the innocent-looking rocks of Stony Beach lurk festering jealousies that would have shocked even the worst of Jane Austen's charming reprobates"--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • A crime with the classics mystery

Links

Other Editions

  • Arsenic with Austen2016-01-01

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