Murder in Highbury

First in a captivating new series, Jane Austen's Emma Knightley entertains a different role in Highbury--going from clever matchmaker to Regency England's shrewdest sleuth. Less than one year into her marriage to respected magistrate George Knightley, Emma has grown unusually content in her newfound partnership and refreshed sense of independence. The height of summer sees the former Miss Woodhouse gracefully balancing the meticulous management of her elegant family estate and a flurry of social engagements, with few worries apart from her beloved father's health . . .   But cheery circumstances change in an instant when Emma and Harriet Martin, now the wife of one of Mr. Knightley's tenant farmers, discover a hideous shock at the local church. The corpse of Mrs. Augusta Elton, the vicar's wife, has been discarded on the altar steps--the ornate necklace she often wore stripped from her neck . . .   As a chilling murder mystery blooms and chaos descends upon the tranquil village of