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Claudia Gray: Late Mrs. Willoughby (2023, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Vintage) 4 stars

Charming continuation of what I hope will be a long series

5 stars

A second book following The Murder of Mr. Wickham, in which many of our favourite Austen characters are once again gathered together, and of course, another death occurs for our intrepid young duo to investigate. Unlike many Austen spin-offs, these novels are well written (I mean, nothing can be up to Austen standards, but they're really pretty well done) and the choice to make the two protagonists children of characters in the Austen books means that they can observe all the characters we know and love but without needing to remain perfectly true to however Austen might have written them, since they didn't exist in her novels. I also especially like the austistic coding for young Darcy and how it's portrayed in the setting of the time. I definitely recommend these for Austen fans, especially those who enjoy a good murder mystery, but do read the first book before this one.