Lizzy: A Mr Darcy Mystery

✍ Scribed by Beth Massey

• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

First in the series of Mr and Mrs Darcy Mysteries. This story is both a 'Pride and Prejudice' what if as well as a murder mystery. Lizzy Bennet has been killed by highwaymen. However, the crime is unnecessarily vicious and appears personal. Her family, including her identical twin sister Mary, demand justice. They engage the help of Sir Hugo Darcy, a judge in the Old Bailey. He in turn asks the aid of his nephew, Fitzwilliam Darcy. Fitzwilliam had be taken by Miss Elizabeth Bennet (Lizzy) a year and a half earlier as she and her twin participated in the Season. Darcy with the help of a former army captain and Bow Street Runner, Christopher (Kit) Marlowe who is masquerading as his valet, accept an invitation to Netherfield Park to begin their investigation among the deceased's family and friends. He meets the grieving Miss Mary Bennet and sparks of many different kinds ignite..

Categories:

• Altered characteristics in Elizabeth
• Alternate Universe
• Altered events before novel
• More prominent Mary Bennet
• Mystery elements
• Improved Mary Bennet