DEATH COMES TO PEMPERLEY BY P.D. JAMES IN SOUTH AFRICA

  THE YEAR IS 1803, AND DARCY AND ELIZABETH HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR SIX YEARS.  THERE ARE NOW TWO HANDSOME  AND HEALTHY SONS IN THE PEMBERLEY NURSERY, ELIZABETH'S  BELOVED SISTER JANE AND HER HUSBAND, BINGLEY, LIVE  WITHIN SEVENTEEN MILES, THE ORDERED AND SECURE LIFE OF  PEMBERLEY SEEMS UNASSAILABLE, AND ELIZABETH'S   HAPPINESS IN HER MARRIAGE IS COMPLETE.  BUT THEIR PEACE IS  THREATENED AND OLD SINS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS ARE  REKINDLED ON THE EVE OF THE ANNUAL AUTUMN BALL.  THE  DARCYS AND THEIR GUESTS ARE PREPARING TO RETIRE FOR THE  NIGHT WHEN A CHAISE APPEARS, ROCKING DOWN THE PATH FROM  PEMBERLEY'S WILD WOODLAND, AND AS IT PULLS UP, LYDIA  WICKHAM, AN UNINVITED GUEST, TUMBLES OUT, SCREAMING THAT HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN MURDERED. IN A PITCH-PERFECT RECREATION OF THE WORLD OF PRIDE AND  PREJUDICE, P.D. JAMES ELEGANTLY FUSES HER LIFELONG PASSION  FOR THE WORK OF JANE AUSTEN WITH HER TALENT FOR  WRITING DETECTIVE FICTION.  SHE WEAVES A COMPELLING  STORY, COMBINING A SENSITIVE INSIGHT INTO THE HAPPY  BUT THREATENED MARRIAGE OF THE DARCYS AND THE   EXCITEMENT AND SUSPENSE OF A BRILLIANTLY CRAFTED  DETECTIVE STORY.  DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY ENSHRINES   THE QUALITIES HER READERS HAVE COME TO EXPECT:  PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL RICHNESS OF   CHARACTERIZATION, VIVID EVOCATION OF PLACE, AND A CREDIBLE AND SUPERBLY STRUCTURED PLOT, IN A POWERFUL  AND DISTINGUISHED WORK OF FICTION.   PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER PUBLISHED: 2011 PAGES: 310 ISBN: 978-0-571-28358-3 PAPERBACK GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION   SECOND HAND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.