I enjoyed Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave (New York: Bantam Books, 1996), Stephanie Barron‘s first Jane Austen mystery. At times Barron did a good job of imitating Austen’s writing style.
Barron has written eight other books in the series:
- Jane and the Man of the Cloth (1997)
- Jane and the Wandering Eye (1998)
- Jane and the Genius of the Place (1999)
- Jane and the Stillroom Maid (2000)
- Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (2001)
- Jane and the Ghosts of Netley (2003)
- Jane and His Lordship’s Legacy (2005)
- Jane and the Barque of Frailty (2006)
- Jane and the Madness of Lord Byron (2010)
- Jane and the Canterbury Tale (2011)
Barron also writes mysteries as Francine Mathews.
As I wrote last year, I’ve read mystery novels with Leonardo da Vinci as the detective. I wonder if anyone has written murder mysteries where William Shakespeare or Agatha Christie is the sleuth.
