Death Comes to Pemberley - P.D. James
If you have read any of the authors book then you should know that this book is intriguing and you will want to know more, it has that vibe to it. Violence indeed intrudes upon Pemberley, sooner than expected. There is a surprise visit, on a dark and stormy night, from Elizabeth's semi-hysterical and least-favorite sister, Lydia, who shrieks out a tale of misadventure in the nearby forest involving her scapegrace husband, the notorious Mr. Wickham. Mr. and Mrs. Wickham, with their friend Capt. Denny, were traversing the woods in a hired coach, Lydia says, when an agitated Denny leapt from the vehicle and ran from sight. Wickham pursued him. Shots were fired. The fearful Lydia, certain that her husband had been killed, had the coachman drive her straight to Pemberley. At this point Darcy and two other men go to the woods to search for Wickham. They find him drunk, distraught and kneeling over the dead body of Capt. Denny. The survivor is taken into custody by Darcy, a magistrate. But there the lord of the manor's official involvement ends: Given that he has family ties to Wickham, and that the fatal event occurred on his property, he must turn the investigation over to others. Yet he secures legal representation for Wickham, a boyhood friend that he has long come to despise and who has victimized him in the past. I know you would like to keep reading further, well there is only one way to finish this great tale and it is by buying the book online.
The author P.D. James is the author of twenty previous books, most of which have been filmed and broadcast on television in the United States and other countries. She spent thirty years in various departments of the British Civil Service, including the Police and Criminal Law Departments of Great Britain's Home Office. The recipient of many prizes and honors, she was created Baroness James of Holland Park in 1991 and was inducted into the International Crime Writing Hall of Fame in 2008.
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