Jane Austen's Lost Letters
A Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery
by Jane K. Cleland
Pub Date 14 Dec 2021
St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books
Mystery & Thrillers | Women's Fiction
I am reviewing a copy of Jane Austen’s Lost Letters through St.Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books and NetGalley:
Josie Prescott is an antiques appraiser who is in the midst of filming a segment for her new television show, Josie’s Antiques, when the assistant director interrupts to let her know she has a visitor. Josie reluctantly pauses production and goes outside, where she finds an elegant older woman who is waiting to see her.
The older woman Veronica Sutton introduces herself as an old friend of her Fathers who had died twenty years ago. Veronica seems fidgety, and after only a few minutes, hands Josie a brown paper-wrapped package, about the size of a shoebox, and leaves.
A mystified Josie opens the package Veronica handed her, gasping when she saw what was inside. a notecard bearing her name—in her father’s handwriting—and a green leather box. Inside the box are two letters in transparent plastic sleeves. The first bears the salutation, “My dear Cassandra,” the latter, “Dearest Fanny.” Both are signed “Jane Austen.” Could her father have really accidentally found two previously unknown letters by one of the world’s most beloved authors Jane Austen? Reeling, Josie tries to track down Veronica, but the woman has vanished without a trace.
Josie soon sets off on the quest of her lifetime to learn what Veronica knows about her father and to discover whether the Jane Austen letters are real. As she draws close to the truth, she finds herself in danger, and learns that some people will do anything to keep a secret even kill.
I give Jane Austen’s Lost Letters five out of five stars!
Happy Reading!
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