An interesting regency murder mystery, which uses the Hunsford based characters from Pride and Prejudice.
The odious Mr Collins, Rector of Hunsford is found stabbed to death in Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s garden,
The prime suspect is Mr Bennet, who was overheard arguing with Mr Collins over the entail of Longbourn in the days before the murder was committed – and who stands to benefit more than anyone from the Rector’s death.
However, scandalous goings on at Rosing, mean that there are many avenues to investigate.

An entertaining read
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There has been a murder at Rosings Park, home of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Could Mr Bennett possibly be a suspect?

An interesting take on the Austin classic.

Thanks to Netgallery for allowing me to have this advanced copy!

I was rather excited when I saw the description of this book. The author, Annette Purdey Pugh, has written an beautiful novel worthy of the connection to Ms Austen!

The character that gets killed is my least favourite so no sadness there! It was interesting to see Lady Catherine again in a different light, we got to know her much better and Anne too.

This novel gets 4 out of 5 from me!

A Murder at Rosings is an imaginative mystery set after the events of Hane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, filled with intrigue, misdirects, and characters that you love to hate.
The writing style fits perfectly with the style of the period, close to that of Austen's original book, adding to the authenticity of the story, without seeming as if it is an imitation. The characters themselves do not stray unbelievably from the pre-established personalities. Character development is somewhat lacking, although this is not the main focus of the book so does not distract too much from it.
There are moments in the book that appear to foreshadow towards something later on, but have no further relevancy to the plot, and seem almost unnecessary to the plot, they do not serve to add anything to character either. As well as this, the description given of the book is misleading, Mary does little in terms of investigation, this is done primarily by the main character Robert Archer, and has less time as the focal character in the novel than Archer, despite the description focusing largely in her with no mention of Archer.
Archer himself is well established and a likeable, three-dimensional character who provides an interesting perspective on the events of the book.
A content warning for sexual assault could be added.
Overall, the mystery is compelling with enough twists to not be completely predictable, and well written with believable characters and motives.

A very interesting read for anyone who's read pride and prejudice and has felt, as had I, that miss D Bourgh and Mary got the the short end of the stick with the telling of their stories, and that, perhaps, there's more too them than just the sparse details we learn from Jane Austen. I really appreciated the character each was given, as well as seeing a softer side to Lady Catherine. Overall a nice story

I selected this because I like Pride and Prejudice and I like to read the various offshoots and adaptations.
Elizabeth, Jane, Lydia and Mrs. Bennet do not appear in this novel. Instead we see more of Mary and Mr. B. Mary is almost voiceless in the original so it was nice to see her character developed and I thought the author stayed true to her character. However, the Mr. Bennet here had lost most of his humour and felt quite bland and serious.
The story is situated in Rosings so we also see more of Ann de Bourgh. I liked her character and felt some sympathy for her situation as portrayed here. Mr. Collins, who is murdered, has also a radical change in character which I cannot comment on without revealing spoilers, but I was rather surprised to say the least. I can see where it was necessary, but does it fit in with the original? I'm not sure...
The murder mystery itself was interesting. The story developed well and it was an easy, engrossing read.

Mr Collins has been murdered! Who is the villain who could commit such a crime? Surely it could not be Mr Bennet? It is common knowledge, after all, that Mr Collins is set to inherit Mr Bennet's estate after his death, leaving his two unmarried daughters and wife with nowhere to go...

Fans of Pride and Prejudice will enjoy this short mystery novel which follows some of the supporting characters from Jane Austen's well-loved story, although as a whodunnit it is not particularly complicated and could have benefitted from a bit more meat on its bones.

I do love a pride and prejudice based book,probably more than the original.
This nicely fleshed out a few of the characters,and added a murder mystery too.
I thought it was a fun read,and it was good to see Mr Bennet get a bit more attention.
All in all,I enjoyed it.


Review to be posted at later date