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Pride, Prejudice, and Poison

A Jane Austen Society Mystery, Book 1

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Pride, Prejudice, and Poison

By: Elizabeth Blake
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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Perfect for fans of Laura Levine and Stephanie Barron, Elizabeth Blake's Jane Austen Society mystery debut is a mirthfully morbid merger of manners and murder.

In this Austen-tatious debut, antiquarian bookstore proprietor Erin Coleridge uses her sense and sensibility to deduce who killed the president of the local Jane Austen Society.

Erin Coleridge's used bookstore in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, England, is a meeting place for the villagers and, in particular, for the local Jane Austen Society. At the Society's monthly meeting, matters come to a head between the old guard and its young turks. After the meeting breaks for tea, persuasion gives way to murder with extreme prejudice when president Sylvia Pemberthy falls dead to the floor. Poisoned? Presumably, but by whom? And was Sylvia the only target?

Handsome but shy Detective Inspector Peter Hemming and charismatic Sergeant Rashid Jarral arrive at the scene. The long suspect list includes Sylvia's lover Kurt Becker and his tightly wound wife Suzanne. Or, perhaps, the killer was Sylviaâ's own cuckolded husband, Jerome. Among the many Society members who may have had her in their sights is dashing Jonathan Alder, who was heard having a royal battle of words with the late president the night before.

Then, when Jonathan Alder narrowly avoids becoming the next victim, Farnsworth (the town's cat lady) persuades a seriously time-crunched Erin to help DI Hemming. But the killer is more devious than anyone imagines.

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Great book

Narration was very well done. The storyline is fantastic and the quotes inspiring. Thank you for this Audible book.

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Good story, inaccurate accents

Thoroughly enjoyed the story. The narrator was good, but her accents were not accurate. it would've been better if she had not attempted them.

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Poor research

Overall story was good. What spoilt it for me was the poor research. The author is obviously American and used word such as forcet for tap and Vicodin both of which not used in Britain
The poor Yorkshire accents used by the narrator also spoilt it

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Refreshing, romance and mystery all in one

I loved this book, a traditional who dunnit type in a sleepy village, the plot kept you guessing till the end. The characters were interesting and entertaining. A murder mystery with hints of romance and references to pride and prejudice. I’d love a series of these!

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Hard acre not hardakker grrrr

An enjoyable gentle book. But the narrator. She couldn’t do accents for love or money. Her Scottish veered towards Irish. Her German. I was unable to identify. But the worse was how she said Hardacre. I found myself becoming quite distracted by her strange pronouncement as Hardakker. To the point that I would find myself muttering it’s HARD ACRE. This really did stop my enjoyment of the book as I found myself being very distracted. Glad it was free.

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A few too many Americanisms

Good story and narration, but a few too many american words and phrases :sidewalk, ordinance footpath , apartments ,grading papers
These grated on me a bit but generally I enjoyed the story
I expect American readers find the same when British writers write about America

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Reasonable

Glad this was a free book. The story was ok with not much depth but it had far too many Americanism in it. Why don’t they get a British person to proof red? And pronunciation needs research.

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The inaccuracies!!!

Inaccuracies-to name a few. UK have paramedics not EMT. They have an ambulance and not a fire truck. They have stretchers or trolleys rather than gurneys. Vicodin is not available in the UK as an analgesic. Acetaminophen is called Paracetamol in the UK. It’s autumn and not fall. If you’re going to write a book about the UK it’s prob a good idea to use the appropriate vernacular. The accents …… it would have been better not to use them.

The storyline was passable once I filtered out anything erroneous

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Water is not pronounced wutter.

Story was ok but I am glad it was a freebie. The pronunciation was decidedly iffy. I am English and live in England, I was married to a Yorkshireman and the narrator would have him turning in his grave. We have taps, not faucets. We don’t have sidewalks, hoods or Vicodin. A professional proofreader would have flagged the anomalies.

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Oh dear!

Why do American authors writing books with British speakers never get the grammar and vocabulary correct? Gotten? Sidewalk? Teacakes are a light yeast-based sweet bun containing dried fruit, typically served toasted with butter spread over them as opposed to the American teacake which is a small cake. Yorkshire folk don’t like the monarchy? We say tap not faucet. While the narrator is generally speaks British English when she said mobile as in mobile phone it took a while to realise what was meant. Small things but enough to annoy. I will finish listening to the book as long as I can control my tutting.

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