Like deft, elegant, Golden Age-ish detective fiction? Like Pride and Prejudice? On November 3, Faber is publishing Death Comes to Pemberley: a crime novel set in Jane Austen’s universe by none other than PD James.

“The year,” runs the press release, “is 1803, and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the Pemberley nursery, Elizabeth’s beloved sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live within seventeen miles, the ordered and secure life of Pemberley seems unassailable, and Elizabeth’s happiness in her marriage is complete. But their peace is threatened and old sins and misunderstandings are rekindled on the eve of the annual autumn ball. The Darcys and their guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears, rocking down the path from Pemberley’s wild woodland, and as it pulls up, Lydia Wickham, an uninvited guest, tumbles out, screaming that her husband has been murdered.” How about that?

For the complete article, visit The Guardian at http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/sep/22/janeausten-pdjames?newsfeed=true

As a point of reference, my own The Phantom of Pemberley is an equally engaging cozy mystery. I am currently writing another P&P mystery, The Disappearance of Georgiana Darcy. It will be released in February 2012.