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A Very Vexing Murder: A Novel (Large Print)

by Lucy Andrew

Harriet Smith takes the lead in an Austen-inspired murder mystery

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Harriet Smith takes the lead in an Austen-inspired murder mystery

Lucy Andrew recasts Harriet Smith, familiar from Jane Austen’s *Emma*, as a con woman with a new assignment in Highbury: break off an engagement while investigating a murder. The setup brings a familiar literary village into a women-led whodunit, with Harriet’s shift from sidekick to investigator shaping the book’s central twist on Austen’s world. The large-print edition presents the novel in an accessible format.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in mysteries centered on women sleuths
  • Fans of stories that reimagine characters and settings from Jane Austen
  • Readers seeking a large-print mystery novel

Themes

Austen-inspired reinterpretationDeception and investigationMurder mysteryWomen sleuths

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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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