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A Very Vexing Murder: Harriet Smith Investigates

by Lucy Andrew

Harriet Smith takes the case in Highbury

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Harriet Smith takes the case in Highbury

Lucy Andrew recasts Harriet Smith, remembered as Emma’s gullible companion, as a con woman with a commission in the village of Highbury: disrupt an engagement and investigate a murder. Jane Austen’s characters and setting anchor this mystery, while Harriet’s double assignment brings social maneuvering and crime-solving into the same premise. The description establishes the book as a reimagining of *Emma*, with Harriet moved from sidekick to investigator.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in mysteries featuring women sleuths
  • Fans of Jane Austen’s *Emma* curious about a contemporary reimagining
  • Readers who enjoy crime premises involving social schemes and investigations

Themes

Murder investigationReimagining classic charactersDeception and social maneuvering

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Book overview

Harriet Smith investigates...A murder most Austen.

A witty debut whodunit that reimagines Harriet Smith, the gullible sidekick of Jane Austen's Emma, as a spitfire con woman, hired to break off an engagement and uncover a murderer in the genteel village of Highbury.

"Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure." --Jane Austen, EMMA

Is a killer lurking in the idyllic country domain of Emma Woodhouse?

No longer Emma's na

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