Jane And The Waterloo Map: Being a Jane Austen Mystery

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On a visit to her ailing brother in London, Jane Austen crosses paths with the chaplain to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, who invites her to tour the Prince's fabulous home. Clarke is a fan of Jane's books, and during the tour he suggests she dedicate her next novel - Emma - to HRH, whom she despises. However, before she can speak to HRH, Jane stumbles upon a body sprawled on the carpet in the Regent's library. He utters a single failing phrase: 'Waterloo map'. Jane is on the hunt for a treasure of incalculable value and a killer of considerable cunning.

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Praise for Jane and the Waterloo Map

"With a keen sense of plotthe identity of the villain surprisesperfect pitch for Austens voice and a cast of new and familiar characters, Barron has again produced a pleasant excursion into literate and historical escapism."
Richmond Times-Dispatch

"Absolutely delightful, with just the right balance between likable, captivating characters and the actual history of Jane Austens life."
Historical Novel Society

"Jane and the Waterloo Mapis a pleasant excursion into England of the early 1800s. This is a well-told story by an accomplished author."
Reviewing the Evidence

"This book is a delight for Jane Austen fans . . . as if you are stepping through the page into Regency England. False trails, misleading information, and suspicious characters keep readers turning the pages."
Gumshoe Review

"A well-crafted narrative with multiple subplots drives Barrons splendid 13th Jane Austen mystery. Series fans will be happy to see more of Janes extended family and friends, and Austenites will enjoy the imaginative power with which Barron spins another riveting mystery around a writer generally assumed to have led a quiet and uneventful life."
Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Writing in the form of Janes diaries, Barron has spun a credible talefrom a true encounter, enhanced with meticulous research and use of period vocabulary."
Booklist

"Barron, who's picked up the pace sinceJane and the Twelve Days of Christmas, portrays an even more seasoned and unflinching heroine in the face of nasty death and her own peril."
Kirkus Reviews

"Barron deftly imitates Austens voice, wit, and occasional melancholy while spinning a well-researched plot that will please historical mystery readers and Janeites everywhere. Jane Austen died two years after the events of Waterloo; one hopes that Barron conjures a few more adventures for her beloved protagonist before historical fact suspends her fiction."
Library Journal

Praise forJane and the Twelve Days of Christmas

National Bestseller
LibraryReads Top Ten List

A complex murder mystery with the same kind of rapier wit that Austen deployed . . . Great fun for readers who long ago ran out of Jane Austen novels.
The Boston Globe

Witty, immaculately researched.
USA Today

Sings with not just a good plot but courtly language and an engaging group of characters worthy of the famed novelist herself . . . A first-rate mystery.
The Denver Post

Ingenious in plotBarron plays fair with clues in this intriguing whodunit . . . Add Barrons deft imitation of her subjects prose style, and you have a novel that its subject may well have admired.
Richmond Times-Dispatch

An excellent period mystery for all historical fiction fans . . . Jane Austen devotees will especially appreciate immersing themselves in the many biographical details about Austen that accompany the fictional murder mystery.
Library Journal, Starred Review

Author Bio

Francine Mathews was born in Binghamton, New York, the last of six girls. She attended Princeton and Stanford Universities, where she studied history, before going on to work as an intelligence analyst at the CIA. She wrote her first book in 1992 and left the Agency a year later. Since then, she has written twenty-five books, including five novels in the Merry Folger series (Death in the Off-Season, Death in Rough Water, Death in a Mood Indigo, Death in a Cold Hard Light, and Death on Nantucket) as well as the nationally bestselling Being a Jane Austen mystery series, which she writes under the penname Stephanie Barron. She lives and works in Denver, Colorado.