I am a fan of Jane Austens novels and adore this series.

This book centres around one of Austens most interesting, if unlikeable characters…. Lady Catherine de Bourgh. There have been several attempts on her life, so she invites Mr Jonathan Darcy (son of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy) and Miss Juliet Tilney (daughter of Henry Tilney and Catherine Moreland). This is the third book in this series, and the third time Mr Darcy and Miss Tilney have worked together to solve a mystery.

The plot moves at a good pace, and the characters are intriguing and true to Austens style. Austen fans will enjoy the intermingling of the characters from Northanger Abbey and Pride and Prejudice. Overall an enjoyable read!

I feel that a list of characters by family and novel as well as a dust cover synopsis of both Northanger Abbey and Pride and Prejudice would be. nice addition to this book.

Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC of this book to read and review.

Gray continues this series with another engaging Austen location, this time in the grandeur of nowhere less than Rosings Park. Here we are supplied with a host of familiar side characters from Pride & Prejudice, from Colonel Fitzwilliam to Charlotte and Mr. Collins. Not to mention his esteemed patroness at the centre of it all: truthfully, don't we secretly love to see Lady Catherine de Bourgh beset by these outrages and discomforts?

Gray writes with particular attention to the setting and social mores of the time, reminding readers in this volume of the serious consequences that Juliet and Jonathan's investigations entail. A murder means a hanging, and our young detectives have to come to terms with this reality and do their utmost from preventing such an event in the first place. As for their relationship, having parted ways with some miscommunication about matters of the heart, we get to see their will-they-won't-they romance (conducted with all propriety), remain in a state of suspense for each of them - and leave off at a place at once promising and also the opposite of promising!

The stakes are lower than in the previous novels, but this remains a solid series and Gray does well by Austen's characters, creating narratives for them that serve the unfolding mystery without betraying Austen. Colonel Fitzwilliam and Anne were an unexpected couple, but the more we learned about them the more sense it all made. Mr. Collins was much of what we expect, and I laughed aloud at the names of his children. And finally, Mr. Tilney appears with his characteristic wit, thoroughly unappreciated by Mr. Darcy but enjoyed in precisely the tone it's meant by Lizzie. I hope I'm not wrong in envisioning six books in the series (for Austen's six novels), and think that there definitely MUST be some good murdering at Northanger Abbey. (My esteemed Ms. Gray, let me know if you want candidates for some grisly ends. I have suggestions.)

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced reader copy of Claudia Gray's "The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh".

I LOVE this series. This is my Saturday cozy read with a big mug of tea and tray of cookies.
After a year apart, Mr. Jonathan Darcy and Miss Juliet Tilney are brought together by a summons from Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Someone has made repeated attempts on her life and she demands their assistance in identifying the culprit. Drawing on their experience of solving two previous murders, the pair get to work questioning family members and servants, all under the watchful eye of their fathers.

This latest instalment introduces the Collins family (BBC 1995 Mr Collins - if you don't know you need to watch this 6 part Pride and Prejudice series) and the daughter and son-in law of Lady Catherine (Anne and Fitzwilliam) as suspects.

For lovers of the regency era and cozy mysteries. I would highly recommend this series.

Another great story in this delightful series. The author did really well keeping the original Jane Austen character’s personality traits, even though it’s set a few decades after we originally saw them.

The story kept a good pace. There were times Jonathan and Juliet reached conclusions or chose to discount someone that showed that though it’s their third mystery, they are still learning, which also felt very authentic.

I will be continuing to recommend this series.

Lady Catherine de Bourgh summoned her grand-nephew Jonathan Darcy and his partner Juliet Tilney to find out who is trying to kill her. Their fathers Darcy and Henry accompanied them and they do not get along.

Love seeing Austen's characters again. I love the wit and sly humour in the series. Love the characters, the mystery and the romance. It can be read as a standalone although it is understood much better when the earlier books are read.

Thanks to the publisher for the arc.