A review by lifeand100books
North By Northanger: Or The Shades of Pemberley by Carrie Bebris

4.0

North by Northanger is the third novel in the Mr. and Mrs. Darcy mystery series, written by Carrie Bebris. Currently there are five novels in the series the most recent being The Intrigue at Highbury which was recently published earlier this year. The Mr. and Mrs. Darcy mystery series takes the characters from Jane Austen's novels and puts them smack dab in the middle of whodunit's. Elizabeth and Darcy are the main sleuths, with each book introducing the characters from another Austen novel into their storyline. The first novel Pride and Prescience was about just the characters from Pride and Prejudice. The second novel, Suspense and Sensibility includes the characters from Sense and Sensibility along with the Darcy's. North by Northanger introduces Henry Tilney from Northanger Abby into the mix. The Matters at Mansfield, the fourth in the series introduces the characters from Mansfield Park. The Intrigue at Highbury brings Emma and Mr. Knightley into the Darcy's lives. According to Bebris's author profile on goodreads.com, she is currently working on a book that is influenced by Persuasion. I'm assuming that this book would be the sixth in the series, as Persuasion is the only Austen book not yet represented in her collection.


Picking up where the last book left off, Elizabeth and Darcy have returned to Pemberley where Elizabeth is beginning to settle into her duties as mistress of Pemberley. She begins moving some furniture and after moving Lady Anne's (Darcy's mother) writing desk she finds a letter that has fallen out. The letter is addressed to Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy. Elizabeth is startled to see her name on a letter written by Lady Anne, considering she's been dead over 16 years. Darcy and Elizabeth read the letter, written the day Lady Anne died, and find that it implores Fitzwilliam's future wife to find an object that held great importance to her. Having no idea where to start looking the two push aside the letter and focus more on finding a suitable person to help with the delivery of their first child.

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