A Most Singular Venture: Murder in Jane Austen's London (Elizabeth and Richard Literary Suspense Book 5)
- 4.4 out of 5
- 47 ratings
- 284 pages
Overall Content Rating: Parents Strongly Cautioned PG-13
This appears to be a contemporary mystery centered on an investigation tied to a cathedral setting, with amateur or professional sleuths piecing together clues, police involvement, and personal relationships under stress. Dialogue includes literary and religious references alongside everyday conversation. Parents should expect moderate violence tied to an on-page injury: blood from a head wound, crowd reactions, and follow-up medical talk. Strong swearing, sexual content, and harsh slurs do not show up in the sampled language. One mild insult in an argumentative line is the main crude element.
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Crude Mild
1Crude language is minimal. In one exchange about a criminal investigation, a character uses a mild insult suggesting someone would have to be foolish to act a certain way.
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- stupid: 1
Violence Moderate
8The story includes an accident or attack that leaves a character with a head wound. Blood and bandages are described several times as characters and bystanders respond, and the aftermath is revisited in conversation and memory. The tone is more mystery and concern than sustained graphic brutality, but injury imagery is clearly present.
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- blood: 7
- bleed: 1
About this book
Richard is teaching Jane Austen as a Queen of Crime at the University of London while Elizabeth researches all the London sites Jane knew. A lovely interlude to their summer until Richard's brother Andrew shows up to bid on a set of Jane Austen first editions, a pushy student intrudes on their agenda and they become responsible for a young boy. And then one of Andrew's business associates is murdered and he is accused of the deed. Elizabeth and Richard are exploring Jane Austen’s London, but their murderous opponent is all-too contemporary. Read more