Little do the Darcys realize that gypsies roam these woods, or that both their possessions and the woman are about to vanish into the night. Darcy are looking forward to a relaxing stay with dear friends when their carriage is hailed by a damsel-in-distress outside of the village of Highbury.

The Deception at Lyme (Or, The Peril of Persuasion) is the delightful sixth installment in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Mr.

but was influenced by a conspiracy much closer to home. Darcy discovers, among his cousin’s possessions, evidence that the young lieutenant’s death might have been murder, he allies with Captain Frederick Wentworth (hero of Jane Austen's Persuasion) to probe details of a battle that took place across the sea. Clay’s death is not the only one that commands the Darcys’ attention. Did she lose her balance and fall from the slippery breakwater, or was she pushed? Mrs. Clay, a woman with a scandalous past that left her with child-a child whose existence threatened the inheritance of one of her paramours and the reputation of another. Their retreat turns tragic when they come upon a body lying at the base of the Cobb. Darcy’s late cousin, a naval lieutenant who died in action. Family business also draws them there, to receive the personal effects of Mr. Following their recent intrigue at Highbury, Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy visit the seaside village of Lyme on holiday. In Jane Austen’s Persuasion, the Cobb-Lyme’s famous seawall-proved dangerous to a careless young woman.

North By Northanger by Carrie Bebris