ARSENIC WITH AUSTEN
Katherine Bolger Hyde
Minotaur Books
July 12, 2016
Widowed literature professor Emily Cavanaugh is stunned to be told that she has inherited a large estate on the Oregon coast from a great aunt. She had visited her aunt often as a teenager but had little contact with her since. Events during and after that last summer made her never wish to return to Stony Beach. Since there is a large Victorian estate, a large amount of money and the ownership of a lot of property to deal with she needs to return.
Emily discovers that there are some suspicions that her aunt's death was not the accident that the local doctor says it was. There are also people in town who want her to sell out so that development can take place. Her cousin, Brock, makes it very clear that he had expected to inherit. Not only that, there are people in the village who seem to have grudges against her aunt which Emily has inherited, along with the properties. Complicating matters further, her first love, Luke Richards, is now the local sheriff. Emily and Luke are thrown together when a murder occurs and it appears that Emily may be next.
Arsenic with Austen is the first book in a new series, Crimes with the Classics. Emily draws parallels with Persuasion by Jane Austen which help her and Luke solve the mystery, as well as rekindle their romance. Each chapter starts with a quotation from Austen's works. It's a very clever concept and well-executed throughout. Katherine Bolger Hyde certainly knows her Austen! Thanks to Netgalley and Minotaur Books for an advance digital copy in return for an honest review.
RATING- 3.5 Stars
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