MURDER AT ROSINGS

Joann Louise

Kindle Edition

2013

164 páginas

5h 28m

ISBN-10: B00B7FP5A2

For Pride and Prejudice lovers, this book begins after chapter 29 in Miss Jane Austen’s classic. I apologize to Miss Austen for borrowing her beloved characters for such a story that she would never write. My hope is that the readers will enjoy this “WHAT IF” story.

It is the spring of 1812 in England. Mr. Darcy, a wealthy English gentleman, has recently returned from visiting his aunt at Rosings. On the last day of his visit, he and Miss Elizabeth Bennet met by chance as each was taking a morning walk near the meadows. Darcy soon learned from her just how much she disliked him. Her verbal arrows had pierced his heart and caused him to leave Rosings early. He tried to shake off all thoughts of her, but now knew that was impossible. Still, he held out the hope that in time, he could win her good opinion. Darcy was in love.

A few days later, now ensconced at Darcy House back in London, Elizabeth’s uncle visited him. Mr. Gardiner was terribly upset, nearly frantic, as he said that his niece had been missing for several days. She had left to return to London the day after Darcy, so now she had been missing nearly a week. Neither she nor the footman who was to take her to catch her coach, had been seen.

Immediately Darcy suspected the worst, and he and Mr. Gardiner travelled to Rosings. It was there that Darcy’s nightmare continued as a man’s body was discovered and Miss Bennet was still missing. This would be Darcy’s greatest struggle in his life, as he searched for Elizabeth and the killer. Still later, he would learn the news that he dreaded and that broke his heart, as his world was now turned upside down, and his heart was broken. He had nearly lost all hope.

Darcy had sworn to his aunt he would find the killer, but he knew the process would be slow and dangerous. In a setting of elaborate richness and class, where life was very different for the privileged, Darcy moved to discover the killer. In the process, he now experienced the immensity of life, of poverty and wealth, heartbreak and joy, love and jealousy, betrayal and hate, fear and loneliness and immense grief and hope.

Readers of mysteries will find this to be a classic ‘whodunit’ and the author challenges the reader to discover the killer