Jane and the Stillroom Maid by Stephanie Barron

Jane and the Stillroom Maid by Stephanie Barron

Jane Austen is enjoying August, 1806, among Derbyshire's craggy peaks, sparkling streams, and cavernous gorges. That is, until she discovers the corpse of a young gentleman whose blond curls and delicate features suggest the face of an angel.
More shocking still is the coroner's revelation: the deceased is no man but a maidservant -- clad in the garb of her master, Mr. Charles Danforth of Penfolds Hall. Tess Arnold had ruled the stillroom at Penfolds for many years -- until she was labeled a witch and dismissed for indiscretion. Was Tess the prey of a madman loose in the hills, or perchance the cast-off impediment to a gentleman's marriage?
As usual, Jane's acute perception and her nose for trouble place her supremely at risk -- from a killer who may strike as violently by day as he once did by night.

Stephanie Barron studied history at Princeton and Stanford, where she was an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow in the Humanities. She is the author of the historical suspense novels A Flaw in the Blood and The White Garden, as well as the critically acclaimed and nationally bestselling Jane Austen Mystery series. A former intelligence analyst for the CIA, Barron--who also writes under the name Francine Mathews--drew on her experience in espionage for such novels as Jack 1939, which The New Yorker described as one of the most deliciously high-concept thrillers imaginable. She lives and works in Denver, Colorado.

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ISBN 13	9780553107340
ISBN 10	0553107348
Title	Jane and the Stillroom Maid
Author	Stephanie Barron
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	2000-08-01
Number of pages	277
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