This was a very fun murder mystery that is set in the Jane Austen’s novels. I especially adored the crossover between Emma and Pride and Prejudice! I loved that the thought that the murder victim was Mr. Wickham, who was my least favorite character in Pride and Prejudice. It was fun to see who the killer was and it had a surprising ending! The only thing I did not like about this book was that it had many narrators. I would have enjoyed it better had focused solely on one character. Nevertheless, this as an engaging sequel to Pride and Prejudice and Emma! This novel is perfect for fans of Jane Austen! I recommend this for fans of Pride and Meditation, The Meryton Murders, and Pride and Prescience!

I am a HUGE Jane Austen fan and so wanted to love this book, unfortunately it fell kind of flat. The amount of POV shifts were confusing and made it very difficult to stay invested in the story. I loved the concept of this, but feel it had a poor execution.

I love Claudia Gray’s Star Wars novels, so I had high hopes for this, but sadly it didn’t hit for me.
First of all, it’s entirely inaccessible if you haven’t read every single Jane Austen book. Secondly, the book is frontloaded like crazy, and by the time you reach the mystery, I was exhausted.

This is the start of a perfect historical cozy series and if you are a fan of Jane Austen it's a must read. The title alone was enough to get my attention. From there I was totally immersed in the period and the characters we have come to love and hate. Claudia Gray has even added some extra family members, filled in some gaps and given the reader a great time in the Regency period. The mystery was well done but the pace slowed a bit in spots, nothing that distracted me from my enjoyment. With suspects galore and the end of Mr. Wickham, I will most certainly be reading the next in the series.
My thanks to the publisher vintage and to NetGalley for giving me an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Fans of Jane Austen will enjoy seeing an array of her character dotted around this book. While this isn’t typically my favorite genre, it was a throughly enjoyable
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This was fine. If you’re a Jane Austen fan, this is a fun cozy mystery that brings the main characters from all her books together under one roof. I haven’t read all of Austen’s novels, so I wasn’t familiar with every character. I’ll admit that some characters were completely interchangeable with each other because of the writing, so the “big reveal” was kind of underwhelming. However, the author is able to tie everything together in a way that makes sense for the time period. It’s a quick read that is a good time for lovers of cozy mysteries!

So I am someone that usually prefers 2 pov's or less so to be honest this felt a bit chaotic and hard to follow especially given the fact that the switch was made in a matter of paragraphs rather than chapters. I also thought that there wasnt really a middle ground, some characters were obnoxiously over the top while others were so subdued and felt very unlike themselves. This is also weird to wish death on someone but also it felt like forever for Mr. Wickham to be murdered and considering how insufferable he was that was just too long. Also as someone who is a die hard Jane Austen fan I think I was a little let down by the popping of this idea of some of the characters we now and love not having a perfect marriage bubble. I will however say that the use of the name knightly was quite clever and I do think the end had a nice twist to it. Overall I think this is very middle of the road for me.

This was an enjoyable read for Austen fans, bringing together many cherished characters in an entirely new set that of circumstances. The middle of the story, during which many of the characters by their own admission were ‘acting not like themselves’ seemed to drag somewhat, but it was a delight to see each return to themselves by the mystery’s conclusion. I look forward to the next title in the series.

It was fun to see and recognize characters from my favorite Austen books. I found the beginning and ending to be engaging but felt the middle was slow and unnecessarily drawn out.

I love a cozy mystery and this one did not disappoint! A classic whodunit with interesting and complex characters. I could not put it down!

“Had Jane Austen sat down to write a country house murder mystery, this is exactly the book she would have written.” —Alexander McCall Smith

The happily married Mr. Knightley and Emma are throwing a party at their country estate, bringing together distant relatives and new acquaintances—characters beloved by Jane Austen fans. Definitely not invited is Mr. Wickham, whose latest financial scheme has netted him an even broader array of enemies. As tempers flare and secrets are revealed, it’s clear that everyone would be happier if Mr. Wickham got his comeuppance. Yet they’re all shocked when Wickham turns up murdered—except, of course, for the killer hidden in their midst.

Nearly everyone at the house party is a suspect, so it falls to the party’s two youngest guests to solve the mystery: Juliet Tilney, the smart and resourceful daughter of Catherine and Henry, eager for adventure beyond Northanger Abbey; and Jonathan Darcy, the Darcys’ eldest son, whose adherence to propriety makes his father seem almost relaxed. In this tantalizing fusion of Austen and Christie, from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray, the unlikely pair must put aside their own poor first impressions and uncover the guilty party—before an innocent person is sentenced to hang.

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Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC!
Too slow for me but I give a point plus for the beautiful cover. it's also pretty hard for me to get through and sadly, I don't get invested in the characters.

I loved The Murder of Mr. Wickham so much. Full disclosure though: I'm a ride or die for Jane Austen and most especially Pride and Prejudice. Reading this book felt like visiting old friends.

Jane Austen is my favorite classics writer ever so I was both thrilled and hesitant to get this book. Once I started reading though I knew I was going to absolutely love this book. Claudia Gray does an absolutely amazing job at portraying Austen’s characters and even though I had to stop and refresh myself about certain characters, I throughly enjoyed this murder mystery. Hopefully there will be a second book for the two youngest characters solving more mysteries together.

I enjoyed this book, but the middle was a little slow and repetitive. I never expected the ending, and was shocked at who committed the murder. I felt that the author really captured Jane Austens characters and enjoyed the original characters that she brought in. Overall a fun read for fans of Jane Austin stories. 3.5/5 just because of the pacing.

It's probably not an exaggeration to say that thousands of readers have wanted to kill Mr. Wickham. If anyone must die in Jane Austen's world, he is an excellent choice. I enjoyed this locked-room murder mystery and look forward to reading the next entry in the series. It made me want to re-read all of Austen's novels. I'm a lightweight Janeite and no doubt many interactions and characterizations went over my head but it was enjoyable nonetheless.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The main characters of Jane Austen's novels (Emma, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Sense & Sensibility and Northanger Abbey) all descend on the home of Emma and George Knightly for a house party. Things go cock-eyed when Mr. Wickham arrives and is murdered. Who did it? Can anyone be trusted? Young Jonathan Darcy and Juliet Tilney band together to find out what happened...with all of the constraints of 19th century society. A really fun read!

Claudia Gray is my FAVORITE author so it kills me to say I had to DNF this. I might try again one day but I'm eternally saddened that I didn't love this

I started this, but didn't get very far. None of the characters were as interesting as they are in Austen's novels, and Wickham is too much of a cartoonish villain. I really wanted to like this book, but it just didn't work for me.

This is an interesting book with good characters. The plot kept me interested until the end. It was well written and was a fairly quick read for me. All in all I found it enjoyable

I feel like I was always going to love this book!
If you are a fan of Jane Austen, I think this is a fun book you'll like.
All of Jane Austen's beloved characters come together and a murder happens. From there we get a cozy regency murder mystery full of Austen characters and references.