The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen - Softcover

"This solid historical puzzle will appeal even to readers with only passing familiarity with Austen's works." - Publishers Weekly

"Ashford cleverly weaves historical facts into a whodunit written in Austen's style. Janeites may be enthralled or appalled, but they'll agree that this literate page-turner is thought-provoking." - Kirkus

"I think that readers will be very pleased with The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen and fans of Jane Austen will be superbly delighted." - Royal Reviews

"Sensational and stirring - The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen has definitely piqued my curiosity and aroused my suspicions...Now, more so than ever, I'm dying to know the mysterious cause of Jane Austen's death?!?" - Austenesque Reviews

"This is a gripping novel that grabs you from the first page and won't let go. " - Debbie's Book Bag

"The Mysterious Death of Miss Austen is the best story I have read in a very long time." - Long and Short Reviews

"For a startling version of Jane Austen's world that you've never encountered before, try The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen." - Linda Banche and Her Historical Hilarity

"Jane Austen fans cannot miss this book!" - Charming Chelsey's

"No zombies and none of the twee twaddle that characterizes too many Austen pastiches. Rather, this is a lively Regency romance about murder, serial adulteries, and other pastimes of your typical extended family. In this year marking the bicentenary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice, this addition nicely complements P.D. James's Death Comes to Pemberley and will fill the gap until Jo Baker's eagerly awaited Longbourn (P&P seen from below stairs) is released this fall." - Library Journal

"The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen is a rich, complex novel about a woman unwilling to let go of the only person she ever really loved who was taken from her too soon." - Diary of an Eccentric

Lindsay Ashford is an award-winning British mystery novelist and journalist. Her writing has been compared to that of Vivien Armstrong, Linda Fairstein and Frances Fyfield. Raised in Wolverhampton, Ashford became the first woman to graduate from Queens' College, Cambridge in its 550 year history. She gained a degree in Criminology and in 1996, took a crime writing course run by the Arvon Foundation. Ashford divides her time between a home on the Welsh coast near Aberystwyth, Wales and the village of Chawton (Jane Austen's home) in Hampshire.