A Most Singular Venture: Murder in Jane Austen's London - Paperback

by Donna Fletcher Crow (Author)

Richard is teaching Jane Austen as a Queen of Crime at the University of London while Elizabeth researches all the London sites Jane knew. It's a lovely interlude to their summer until death falls from the sky.What has Richard's brother Andrew become embroiled in with his bid to buy a set of Jane Austen first editions? Is Richard's student the airhead she seems to be or the victim of spousal abuse? And what are Elizabeth and Richard to do with the young boy thrown into their care?Elizabeth and Richard are exploring Jane Austen's London, but their murderous opponent is all-too contemporary.

Author Biography

Donna Fletcher Crow is a former English teacher, a lifelong Anglophile and Janeite, and a Life Member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. She is the author of 50 books, mostly novels of British history. The award-winning Glastonbury, A Novel of Christian England, is her best-known work. Where There is Love is a series of historical romances set in the Church of England of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Besides her Elizabeth and Richard literary suspense series she also authors The Monastery Murders, a clerical mystery series, and The Lord Danvers Victorian true-crime novels. Donna and her husband live in Boise, Idaho. They have 4 adult children and 14 grandchildren. She is an enthusiastic gardener. To read more about all of Donna's books and see pictures from her garden and research trips go to: www.DonnaFletcherCrow.com You can follow her on Facebook at: Donna Fletcher Crow Author of British History