By P. D. James
Random House Large Print, 2011
ISBN: 978-0307990785
Genre: Mystery
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Death Comes to Pemberley By P. D. James Random House Large Print, 2011 ISBN: 978-0307990785 Genre: Mystery |
Reviewed by Israel Drazin - June 18, 2012
P. D. James, considered by many to be the queen of murder mysteries, an author who is able to write a novel that is both high quality literature and a suspenseful and engrossing murder mystery, has succeeded with this volume in capturing all of the literary qualities of Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice and more. She continues the story of Elizabeth after her marriage to Darcy, as the two are living together with their children at their estate in Pemberley, and she uses the same language, turn of phrases, and sometimes antiquated terms, as Jane Austen. The characters from Pride and Prejudice reappear in this novel and we read how their and their family's life continued. However, James introduces a murder committed on the Pemberley grounds and we read how one of the people we know well from Pride and Prejudice is charged with and tried in court for the murder.