![]() ![]() ![]() Money, one of Austen's chief themes, certainly lies at the heart of many a crime in James' mysteries. In so many ways, James and Austen are suspense sisters under the skin. To enjoy this mystery - which I did, enormously - you must take it on its own terms: Death Comes to Pemberley is a sequel to Pride and Prejudice, written in the spirit of what Graham Greene famously called "an entertainment." James is having fun in her own intelligent, literate way, and this novel is an invitation to her readers to join in the revels. James' new novel is called Death Comes to Pemberley: Think Pride and Prejudice meets "Clue." What's even more tantalizing is the fact that James' latest mystery is also a tribute, of sorts, to one of her most cherished authors, Jane Austen. ![]() James has taken up the challenge of feeding readers' holiday hunger for homicide. This year, British mystery lovers in particular have a glorious plum pudding of a whodunit awaiting them. During the 50-plus years that Agatha Christie actively reigned as "The Queen of Crime," it became something of a tradition in England to give one of her novels as a holiday present in fact, she and her publishers popularized the slogan "A Christie for Christmas." Dame Agatha died in 1976, but the association of murder most foul and the yuletide season lingers. ![]()
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