Jane and the Man of the Cloth: Being the Second Jane Austen Mystery - Hardcover

" Eat your heart out, Charlotte Bronte!...Jane's narrative voice stays coolly crisp and witty, never losing its clarity of style and authenticity of tone, even in nerve-racking moments of excitement...Captivating...Delightful...Ms. Barron's skillful rendering of Austen's style, attuned to picking up the most delicate fluctuations in social behavior, reveals it to be an ideal vehicle for the classic cozy murder mystery. Who knew?" -- "The New York Times Book Review"
" The words, characters, and references are so real it is a shock to find that the author is not Austen herself." -- "Arizona Republic"
" Delightful...captures the style and wit of Austen.... A real charmer." -- "San Francisco Examiner"
" There's plenty to enjoy in this crime-solving side of Jane....[She] is as worthy a detective as Columbo." -- "USA Today"

& quot; Eat your heart out, Charlotte Bronte!...Jane's narrative voice stays coolly crisp and witty, never losing its clarity of style and authenticity of tone, even in nerve-racking moments of excitement...Captivating...Delightful...Ms. Barron's skillful rendering of Austen's style, attuned to picking up the most delicate fluctuations in social behavior, reveals it to be an ideal vehicle for the classic cozy murder mystery. Who knew?& quot; -- The New York Times Book Review
& quot; The words, characters, and references are so real it is a shock to find that the author is not Austen herself.& quot; -- Arizona Republic
& quot; Delightful...captures the style and wit of Austen.... A real charmer.& quot; -- San Francisco Examiner
& quot; There's plenty to enjoy in this crime-solving side of Jane....[She] is as worthy a detective as Columbo.& quot; -- USA Today

"Eat your heart out, Charlotte Bronte!...Jane's narrative voice stays coolly crisp and witty, never losing its clarity of style and authenticity of tone, even in nerve-racking moments of excitement...Captivating...Delightful...Ms. Barron's skillful rendering of Austen's style, attuned to picking up the most delicate fluctuations in social behavior, reveals it to be an ideal vehicle for the classic cozy murder mystery. Who knew?"--The New York Times Book Review

"The words, characters, and references are so real it is a shock to find that the author is not Austen herself."--Arizona Republic

"Delightful...captures the style and wit of Austen.... A real charmer."--San Francisco Examiner

"There's plenty to enjoy in this crime-solving side of Jane....[She] is as worthy a detective as Columbo."--USA Today

Stephanie Barron is the author of eight previous Jane Austen mysteries. She lives in Colorado, where she is at work on the next Jane Austen mystery.
From the Paperback edition.