In their six years of marriage, Elizabeth and Darcy have
forged a peaceful, happy life for their family at Pemberley,
Darcy’s impressive estate. Her father is a regular visitor; her
sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live nearby; the marriage
prospects for Darcy’s sister, Georgiana, are favorable. And
preparations for their annual autumn ball are proceeding apace. But
on the eve of the ball, chaos descends. Lydia Wickham, Elizabeth’s
disgraced sister who, with her husband, has been barred from the
estate, arrives in a hysterical state—shrieking that Wickham has
been murdered. Plunged into frightening mystery and a lurid
murder trial, the lives of Pemberley’s owners and servants alike
may never be the same.
關於作者:
P. D. James is the author of twenty previous books, many of
which feature her detective hero Adam Dalgliesh and have been
televised or filmed. She is the recipient of many honors, including
the Mystery Writers of American Grand Master Award and the National
Arts Club Medal of Honor for Literature, and in 1991 was created
Baroness James of Holland Park.