Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Pride, Prejudice, and Poison
- A Jane Austen Society Mystery, Book 1
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
Pride, Prejudice, and Poison
Buy Now for £13.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
Perfect for fans of Laura Levine and Stephanie Barron, Elizabeth Blake's Jane Austen Society mystery debut is a mirthfully morbid merger of manners and murder.
In this Austen-tatious debut, antiquarian bookstore proprietor Erin Coleridge uses her sense and sensibility to deduce who killed the president of the local Jane Austen Society.
Erin Coleridge's used bookstore in Kirkbymoorside, North Yorkshire, England, is a meeting place for the villagers and, in particular, for the local Jane Austen Society. At the Society's monthly meeting, matters come to a head between the old guard and its young turks. After the meeting breaks for tea, persuasion gives way to murder with extreme prejudice when president Sylvia Pemberthy falls dead to the floor. Poisoned? Presumably, but by whom? And was Sylvia the only target?
Handsome but shy Detective Inspector Peter Hemming and charismatic Sergeant Rashid Jarral arrive at the scene. The long suspect list includes Sylvia's lover Kurt Becker and his tightly wound wife Suzanne. Or, perhaps, the killer was Sylviaâ's own cuckolded husband, Jerome. Among the many Society members who may have had her in their sights is dashing Jonathan Alder, who was heard having a royal battle of words with the late president the night before.
Then, when Jonathan Alder narrowly avoids becoming the next victim, Farnsworth (the town's cat lady) persuades a seriously time-crunched Erin to help DI Hemming. But the killer is more devious than anyone imagines.
More from the same
What listeners say about Pride, Prejudice, and Poison
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Mrs. Casilda A. Slattery
- 09-07-22
Great book
Narration was very well done. The storyline is fantastic and the quotes inspiring. Thank you for this Audible book.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- ace1
- 03-09-22
Good story, inaccurate accents
Thoroughly enjoyed the story. The narrator was good, but her accents were not accurate. it would've been better if she had not attempted them.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Hannah
- 11-08-22
A few too many Americanisms
Good story and narration, but a few too many american words and phrases :sidewalk, ordinance footpath , apartments ,grading papers
These grated on me a bit but generally I enjoyed the story
I expect American readers find the same when British writers write about America
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Gillian Challenger
- 04-04-23
Reasonable
Glad this was a free book. The story was ok with not much depth but it had far too many Americanism in it. Why don’t they get a British person to proof red? And pronunciation needs research.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Ra CS
- 31-03-24
Water is not pronounced wutter.
Story was ok but I am glad it was a freebie. The pronunciation was decidedly iffy. I am English and live in England, I was married to a Yorkshireman and the narrator would have him turning in his grave. We have taps, not faucets. We don’t have sidewalks, hoods or Vicodin. A professional proofreader would have flagged the anomalies.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Claire
- 28-08-19
Oh dear!
Why do American authors writing books with British speakers never get the grammar and vocabulary correct? Gotten? Sidewalk? Teacakes are a light yeast-based sweet bun containing dried fruit, typically served toasted with butter spread over them as opposed to the American teacake which is a small cake. Yorkshire folk don’t like the monarchy? We say tap not faucet. While the narrator is generally speaks British English when she said mobile as in mobile phone it took a while to realise what was meant. Small things but enough to annoy. I will finish listening to the book as long as I can control my tutting.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
19 people found this helpful
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- shirlzisme
- 28-05-23
Great story but accents not great
As a UK listener I found the accents really bad. I’m not sure if the narrator is British, but the Yorkshire accent was completely off & so really distracted me from the story. The story was good though & overall I enjoyed it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- FiFi Nona
- 09-07-22
Good story spoilt by Americanised language
This novel is set in Yorkshire. Water comes out of "taps" not "fawcets". The story is littered with similar American-isms which jar for an English listener and spoilt the narrative. Thankfully, "mobile" has not been replaced by "cell phone" but even that is pronounced strangely.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- balzar
- 07-08-22
pleasant enough
entertaining when doing houswork. An old Etonian village butcher, cicadas in Yorkshire? many such errors betray the foreign origin of this rambling tale. Do English people really serve only roast lamb or beef when they are entertaining?
Pronunciation is quite odd - "mobile (phone)" is pronounced like Mobile Alabama, Citroen car pronounced Citroyen (like a Trojan). The Scottish constable speaks like a Dubliner - but after all, they're all foreigners!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance3 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- SimpleSybil
- 20-07-22
Better than I expected.
This was an 'included ' book on Audible, otherwise I wouldn't have chosen it, not being a fan of Jane Austen, but it turned out to be quite a good story. Overall, the narrator was good, but she could not voice male Yorkshire and some of the pronunciation was not English. This would have been an interesting study of character; the murder was unnecessary. In fact this would have been more in keeping; Jane Austen didn't do murder. BUT why do Americans choose to write stories set in 'quaint' English villages? Isn't the USA large enough? I am sure that Jane Austen is popular in the USA. AND having set the story in Yorkshire, why doesn't the author get the details correct: e.g. faucet, trunk, sidewalk, station house, cicadas are rare in England, and not found in Yorkshire.AND why choose such strange names e.g. Farnsworth, but despite my criticism I did enjoy it. Are there more?
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!