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Jane and the Genius of the Place

por Stephanie Barron

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Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML:In three highly diverting mysteries, Jane Austen has shown herself a clever hand at unraveling the deadly knots woven by the unscrupulous.  Now, in her latest engrossing adventure, Jane is called upon to solve a shattering crime that may begin and end in one man's heartâ??or encompass the fate of an entire nation.
In the waning days of summer, Jane Austen is off to the Canterbury Races, where the rich and fashionable go to gamble away their fortunes.  It is an atmosphere ripe for scandal.  But even Jane is unprepared for the shocking drama that ensues when a raven-haired wanton in a scarlet riding habit takes center stage.  She is Françoise Grey, a flamboyant French beauty who has cast a spell over the gentlemen of Kent...and her unbridled behavior at the races invites the most scandalous speculation.
What can Mrs. Grey be thinking, Jane wonders, to so brazenly strike a gentleman with her whip? And what recklessness then spurs her to leap the rail on her fleet black horse and join the race? Only hours after Mrs. Grey has departed the race grounds in triumph will Jane realize the full import of her questions.  For in a shabby chaise less than a hundred feet from where Jane sat, the impossible is revealed: Mrs. Grey's lifeless body, gruesomely strangled, her ruby riding habit nowhere to be found.
As those around her rush to arrest the owner of the chaiseâ??a known scoundrel with eyes for Françoiseâ??Jane looks further afield to find a number of others behaving oddly, including the dashing military man caught rifling through the dead woman's desk, the widower who does not appear to be grieving, and the shy governess curiously overpowered by the horror of the Frenchwoman's death.
As rumors spread like wildfire that Napoleon's fleet is bound for Kent, Jane begins to suspect that Françoise Grey's murder was an act of war rather than a crime of passion.  The peaceful fields of Kent have become a very dangerous place...and Jane's thirst for justice may exact the steepest price of allâ??her life.
Deliciously sinister and splendidly wrought, Jane and the Genius of the Place is a stylish puzzler that only the incomparable Jane Austen could hope to crack.  And in her capable hands, the solving of it is a
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  laplantelibrary | Dec 3, 2022 |
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  laplantelibrary | Dec 3, 2022 |
Fieldnotes:
Godmersham Park, August 1805

1 Sleuthing Authoress
1 Brother/Magistrate
2 Dastardly Murders

1 Scandalous Frenchwoman
1 Neglectful Husband
1 "Sporting" Set of Gambling Friends
1 Handsome Landscape Artist
1 Temperamentally Unsuited Governess
Too Many Edwards

1 French Army Gathering Along the Channel
1 Evacuation Plan for Kent
Complicated Banking Arrangements
Monologuing Spies Making a Muddle of Everything

Scholarly Footnotes
Several Allusions to Austen Characters and Works

The Short Version:
I really enjoy the central conceit of this mystery series - that a scholar has stumbled upon a cache of lost Austen diaries detailing her sleuthing and has prepared them for publication (including occasional explanatory footnotes which give me *heart-eyes*).

The underlying mystery of this one felt much more of a muddle, though. I figured out the "how" very quickly (and the wait until the characters cottoned on was very painful), the "who" in good time, and the "why" perplexes me despite the relevant characters monologuing to explain for two chapters. I'm not sure if it actually *is* a muddle or if my brain is just refusing to process it at the moment.

Regardless, while I found this enjoyable, the resolution let me down. This can move on to another home, but I wouldn't hesitate to pick up another in the series. ( )
  Caramellunacy | Mar 10, 2021 |
An enjoyable read. I especially enjoy the footnotes noting details of Austen's life and friends during this year, and I appreciate the footnoted details of the politics and military maneuvers during Austen's time. It didn't take long to solve the murder mystery, but the whys took longer and Austen's discoveries (and clever interviews of potential suspects) were fun.
  Connie-D | Jan 17, 2016 |
I don't feel like there were enough clues to the reader to solve this with the sleuth. ( )
  annertan | Jul 31, 2014 |
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In laying out a garden,
the first and chief thing to be considered
is the genius of the place.

-ALEXANDER POPE, 1728
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Observations, Anecdotes and Characters of books and Men,
by Joseph Spence
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Miss Jane Austen--late of Green Park Buildings, Bath, but presently laying claim to nowhere in particular, given her esteemed father's recent death, and the subsequent upheaval of domestic arrangements--might never be accused of dissipation.
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Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML:In three highly diverting mysteries, Jane Austen has shown herself a clever hand at unraveling the deadly knots woven by the unscrupulous.  Now, in her latest engrossing adventure, Jane is called upon to solve a shattering crime that may begin and end in one man's heartâ??or encompass the fate of an entire nation.
In the waning days of summer, Jane Austen is off to the Canterbury Races, where the rich and fashionable go to gamble away their fortunes.  It is an atmosphere ripe for scandal.  But even Jane is unprepared for the shocking drama that ensues when a raven-haired wanton in a scarlet riding habit takes center stage.  She is Françoise Grey, a flamboyant French beauty who has cast a spell over the gentlemen of Kent...and her unbridled behavior at the races invites the most scandalous speculation.
What can Mrs. Grey be thinking, Jane wonders, to so brazenly strike a gentleman with her whip? And what recklessness then spurs her to leap the rail on her fleet black horse and join the race? Only hours after Mrs. Grey has departed the race grounds in triumph will Jane realize the full import of her questions.  For in a shabby chaise less than a hundred feet from where Jane sat, the impossible is revealed: Mrs. Grey's lifeless body, gruesomely strangled, her ruby riding habit nowhere to be found.
As those around her rush to arrest the owner of the chaiseâ??a known scoundrel with eyes for Françoiseâ??Jane looks further afield to find a number of others behaving oddly, including the dashing military man caught rifling through the dead woman's desk, the widower who does not appear to be grieving, and the shy governess curiously overpowered by the horror of the Frenchwoman's death.
As rumors spread like wildfire that Napoleon's fleet is bound for Kent, Jane begins to suspect that Françoise Grey's murder was an act of war rather than a crime of passion.  The peaceful fields of Kent have become a very dangerous place...and Jane's thirst for justice may exact the steepest price of allâ??her life.
Deliciously sinister and splendidly wrought, Jane and the Genius of the Place is a stylish puzzler that only the incomparable Jane Austen could hope to crack.  And in her capable hands, the solving of it is a

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