Jane Austen Mysteries Series by Stephanie Barron

3.88 · 190 ratings
  • Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (Jane Austen Mysteries #1)
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    Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (Jane Austen Mysteries #1)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1996

    For everyone who loves Jane Austen...a marvelously entertaining new series that turns the incomparable author into an extraordinary sleuth! On a visit to the estate of her friend, the young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, Jane bears witness to a tragedy. Isobel's husband--a gentleman of mature years--is felled by a mysterious and agonizing ailment. The Earl's death seems a cruel blow of fate for the newly married Isobel... more

  • Jane and the Man of the Cloth (Jane Austen Mysteries #2)
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    Jane and the Man of the Cloth (Jane Austen Mysteries #2)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1997

    For everyone who loves Jane Austen...the second tantalizing mystery in a new series that transforms the beloved author into a dazzling sleuth!Jane and her family are looking forward to a peaceful holiday in the seaside village of Lyme Regis. Yet on the outskirts of town an overturned carriage forces the shaken travelers to take refuge at a nearby manor house. And it is there that Jane meets the darkly forbidding yet strangely attractive Mr. Geoffrey Sidmouth... more

  • Jane and the Wandering Eye (Jane Austen Mysteries #3)
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    Jane and the Wandering Eye (Jane Austen Mysteries #3)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 1998

    As Christmas of 1804 approaches, Jane Austen finds herself "insupportably bored with Bath, and the littleness of a town." It is with relief that she accepts a peculiar commission from her Gentleman Rogue, Lord Harold Trowbridge--to shadow his niece, Lady Desdemona, who has fled to Bath to avoid the attentions of the unsavoury Earl of Swithin.But Jane's idle diversion turns deadly when a man is discovered stabbed to death in the Theatre Royal... more

  • Jane and the Genius of the Place (Jane Austen Mysteries #4)
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    Jane and the Genius of the Place (Jane Austen Mysteries #4)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1999

    For everyone who loves Jane Austen...The fourth engaging mystery in the series that recasts the well-loved author as a sleuth!In the waning days of summer, Jane Austen is off to the Canterbury Races, where the rich and fashionable gamble away their fortunes. It is an atmosphere ripe for scandal--but even Jane is unprepared for the shocking drama that unfolds. A flamboyant French beauty, known for her brazen behavior, is found gruesomely strangled in a shabby chaise... more

  • Jane and the Stillroom Maid (Jane Austen Mysteries #5)
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    Jane and the Stillroom Maid (Jane Austen Mysteries #5)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2000

    Jane Austen as sleuth continues to delight in her latest adventure (after Jane and the Genius of the Place), which sheds new light on the author's travels in 1806. While enjoying a ramble in the Derbyshire hills near Bakewell (a town Eliza Bennett visits in Pride and Prejudice), Jane discovers the mutilated body of a young man. Jane's suspicions are roused when her escort, Mr... more

  • Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Jane Austen Mysteries #6)
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    Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House (Jane Austen Mysteries #6)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2001

    In her sixth engrossing outing, Jane Austen employs her delicious wit and family ties to the Royal Navy in a case of murder on the high seas. Somewhere in the picturesque British port of Southampton, among a crew of colorful, eccentric, and fiercely individual souls, a killer has come ashore. And only Jane can fathom the depths of his ruthless mind....Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House"I will assert that sailors are endowed with greater worth than any set of men in England... more

  • Jane and the Ghosts of Netley (Jane Austen Mysteries #7)
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    Jane and the Ghosts of Netley (Jane Austen Mysteries #7)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2003

    Jane Austen, secret agent, is despatched to Netley Lodge to investigate suspicions about the mysterious Sophia Challoner. Is Mrs Challoner really a Bonapartist agent? As conspiracy gathers around Jane, the young novelist is put to the ulitmate test: is she ready to die for her country?

  • Jane and His Lordship's Legacy (Jane Austen Mysteries #8)
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    Jane and His Lordship's Legacy (Jane Austen Mysteries #8)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2005

    It's with a heavy heart that Jane Austen takes up a new residence at Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Secretly mourning the lost love of her life, she's stunned to learn that the late Lord Harold Trowbridge has made her heir to an extraordinary bequest: a Bengal chest filled with his diaries, letters, and most intimate correspondence. From these, Jane is expected to write a memoir of the Gentleman Rogue for posterity... more

  • Jane and the Barque of Frailty (Jane Austen Mysteries #9)
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    Jane and the Barque of Frailty (Jane Austen Mysteries #9)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2006

    Beloved author-turned-sleuth Jane Austen is staying with her brother and his wife in London as she awaits the publication of her first novel, Sense and Sensibility. When the mistress of a married nobleman is murdered, Jane is led into the heart of a conspiracy, one with roots in the French Revolution.

  • Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart (Jane Austen Mysteries #11.5)
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    Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart (Jane Austen Mysteries #11.5)

    Laurel Ann Nattress, Lauren Willig, Adriana Trigiani, Jo Beverley, Alexandra Potter, Laurie Viera Rigler, Frank Delaney, Diane Meier, Syrie James, Stephanie Barron, Amanda Grange, Pamela Aidan, Elizabeth Aston, Carrie Bebris, Diana Birchall, Monica Fairview, Janet Mullany, Jane Odiwe, Beth Pattillo, Myretta Robens, Jane Rubino, Caitlen Rubino-Bradway, Maya Slater, Margaret C. Sullivan, Brenna Aubrey

    Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2011

    Stories by: Lauren Willig • Adriana Trigiani • Jo Beverley • Alexandra Potter • Laurie Viera Rigler • Frank Delaney & Diane Meier • Syrie James • Stephanie Barron • Amanda Grange • Pamela Aidan • Elizabeth Aston • Carrie Bebris • Diana Birchall • Monica Fairview • Janet Mullany • Jane Odiwe • Beth Pattillo • Myretta Robens • Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway • Maya Slater • Margaret C... more

  • Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Jane Austen Mysteries #12)
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    Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas (Jane Austen Mysteries #12)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2014

    Jane Austen turns sleuth in this delightful murder mystery set over the twelve days of a Regency-Era Christmas party.Christmas Eve, 1814: Jane Austen has been invited to spend the holiday with family and friends at The Vyne, the gorgeous ancestral home of the wealthy and politically prominent Chute family... more

  • Jane and the Waterloo Map (Jane Austen Mysteries #13)
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    Jane and the Waterloo Map (Jane Austen Mysteries #13)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2016

    Jane Austen turns sleuth in this delightful Regency-era mystery November, 1815. The Battle of Waterloo has come and gone, leaving the British economy in shreds; Henry Austen, high-flying banker, is about to declare bankruptcy--dragging several of his brothers down with him. The crisis destroys Henry's health, and Jane flies to his London bedside, believing him to be dying... more

  • Jane and the Year without a Summer (Jane Austen Mysteries #14)
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    Jane and the Year without a Summer (Jane Austen Mysteries #14)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2022

    If you have a Jane Austen-would-have-been-my-best-friend complex, look no further . . . [Barron] has painstakingly sifted through the famed author's letters and writings, as well as extensive biographical information, to create a finely detailed portrait of Austen's life--with a dash of fictional murder . . . Some of the most enjoyable, well-written fanfic ever created.--O Magazine May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches... more

  • Jane and the Final Mystery (Jane Austen Mysteries #15)
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    Jane and the Final Mystery (Jane Austen Mysteries #15)

    Stephanie Barron

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2023

    The final volume of the critically acclaimed mystery series featuring Jane Austen as amateur sleuthMarch 1817: As winter turns to spring, Jane Austen’s health is in slow decline, and threatens to cease progress on her latest manuscript. But when her nephew Edward brings chilling news of a death at his former school, Winchester College, not even her debilitating ailment can keep Jane from seeking out the truth... more

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