Murder at Longbourn: A Mystery by Tracy Kiely (hardcover)

In excellent condition hardcover (some residue and tear on dust jacket corner as seen in last picture) Murder at Longbourn: A Mystery (Elizabeth Parker Series #1) by Tracy Kiely. 320 pages. ISBN 978-0-312-53756-2 . Publication date: September 1, 2009. When Elizabeth Parker finds herself single and alone for the holidays, she jumps at an invite from her aunt Winnie to attend a How to Host a Murder Party at Winnie's new Jane Austen-inspired bed-and-breakfast on Cape Cod. Though many of the crowd at Winnie's are older, there are two handsome young men who provide a distraction: British playboy Daniel turns Elizabeth's head with his suave charm, but she's irritated by the presence of her childhood nemesis, Peter. The participants gather, but when the lights go out for the fake murder, a real one occurs: Gerald Ramsey, a surly local businessman, is shot dead. Ramsey was aggressively pushing Winnie to sell her B and B to him--and putting pressure on her by going to the local zoning board--which makes Winnie the prime suspect in his murder. Certain that her aunt isn't the killer, Elizabeth sets out to clear her. Tracy Kiely graduated from Trinity College with a B.A. in English. She lives with her husband and three children in Severna Park, Maryland. This is her first novel. Murder at Longbourn is a mystery set in Cape Cod, and combines her love of the classic English country house murder and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.