Jane and the Canterbury Tale

Jane and the Canterbury Tale
By Stephanie Barron
Bantam Books, 2011. 307 pgs. Mystery

While visiting her older brother, Jane Austen attends the wedding of Adelaide Fiske to her second husband and the next morning discovers Adelaide’s first husband dead. Long presumed dead, Curzon Fiske’s appearance (although dead) causes serious problems for Adelaide and other members of her family. Jane's brother Edward, as the local magistrate, investigates the mystery, with canny Jane providing much assistance through her own sleuthing. The last book in this series disappointed me, but this latest addition is a welcome return to Barron’s great form. If you have never read these before and love Jane Austen and mysteries, this is the series for you.

MN