Writing in the form of Jane's diaries, Barron has spun a credible tale from a true encounter, enhanced with meticulous research and use of period vocabulary, such as anatomization for autopsy.-Muller, Karen Copyright 2015 BooklistĪ royal summons embroils veteran Regency sleuth Jane Austen. Later, both Jane and the doctor are attacked, prompting them to launch their own investigation, pursuing slim leads concerning the map's creator and its importance. Baillie return to the library and find the map. Later, she finds poisonous yew needles on her handkerchief and convinces Dr. They call for a doctor, as Jane comforts the colonel, hearing his last words, Waterloo map. As the royal librarian, James Stanier Clarke, shows her around, they discover Colonel MacFarland, a hero at Waterloo, gasping for life. Henry's doctor arranges an invitation for Jane to visit the library of the Prince Regent at Carlton House. In November 1815, Jane Austen is in London, nursing her brother Henry while she awaits the galleys for Emma. The Napoleonic Wars have finally ended, and the soldiers have come home. Agent: Rafe Sagalyn, ICM Partners/Sagalyn. Series fans will be happy to see more of Jane's extended family and friends, and Austenites will enjoy the imaginative power with which Barron spins another riveting mystery around a writer generally assumed to have led a quiet and uneventful life. Jane joins forces with Raphael West, a painter who's also a government spy, in pursuit of a ruthless killer and the meaning of the colonel's cryptic last words.
Just before he expires, the colonel utters, "Waterloo map." From evidence at the scene, Jane determines that he was poisoned.
Ewan McFarland, a hero of Waterloo, horribly sick on the floor of the library. While she awaits the proofs of Emma, she receives an invitation to Carlton House, the Prince Regent's London mansion, where she finds Col. In November 1815, Jane comes to London to attend to her favorite brother, Henry, who has fallen ill and is on the verge of bankruptcy. A well-crafted narrative with multiple subplots drives Barron's splendid 13th Jane Austen mystery (following 2014's Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas).
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