Death Comes to Pemberley

P. D. James · first published 2011 · ISBN 9780307959850

James's final novel is a Regency-era mystery set in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth and Darcy are living at Pemberley when a dead body is discovered in the woods. James creates a murder investigation using Austen's characters as her starting point, maintaining Austen's voice while asking what violence and desire might have looked like beneath the drawing-room politeness.