Jane and the Wandering Eye: Being the Third Jane Austen Mystery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780553578171)

As Christmas of 1804 approaches, Jane Austen finds herself "insupportably bored with Bath, and the littleness of a town." It is with relief that she accepts a peculiar commission from her Gentleman Rogue, Lord Harold Trowbridge--to shadow his niece, Lady Desdemona, who has fled to Bath to avoid the attentions of the unsavoury Earl of Swithin.

But Jane's idle diversion turns deadly when a man is discovered stabbed to death in the Theatre Royal. Adding to the mystery is an unusual object found on the victim's body--a pendant that contains a portrait of an eye As Jane's fascination with scandal leads her deeper into the investigation, it becomes clear that she will not uncover the truth without some dangerous playacting of her own....

Author: Stephanie Barron
ISBN-10: 0553578170
ISBN-13: 9780553578171
Publisher: Bantam
Language: English
Published: 11/03/1998
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 6.97h x 4.28w x 0.93d