Reviews for The Matters at Mansfield: Or, the Crawford Affair (Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries Series #4)

The average rating for The Matters at Mansfield: Or, the Crawford Affair (Mr. and Mrs. Darcy Mysteries Series #4) based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-05-01 00:00:00 Michael Montijo Finally an ACTUAL murder, most foul! And the decedent will not be missed! You know what this one really reminded me of? If Agatha Christie were writing Pride and Prejudice episodes, no really, it's set in a small village in northern England- not far from Gretna Green and there are suspects aplenty! I won't give it away, but it did have me guessing almost till the end. ;]

Review # 2 was written on 2021-01-21 00:00:00 Mike Trower Now that Lily-Anne is born and is teething, the couple gets invited to a country house party along with the usual suspects. Lady Catherine is arranging a marriage with Neville Sennex, son of Lord Sennex and an arrogant, hot-tempered man. But it appears that Anne de Bourgh has had enough of her mother and decides to elope with the pleasant Mr Crawford (a nod to Mansfield Park here). In pursuit of the couple, everyone ends up at an inn near Mansfield Park and bodies start piling up. Could it be the unthinkable? I am rather glad that Bebris finally decided to do away with the supernatural stuff completely. There is absolutely nothing of the sort in this 4th book of the Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mysteries series. Instead, it's a proper historical mystery. Bebris dropped the ball on some dialogues which stand out like a sore thumb in the otherwise authentic Austenesque period. But she got a lot of small details right, so these small mistakes are excusable. I got a bit tired of Elizabeth being bullied by Lady Catherine and listening to it silently all the time "only because ..." some reason concocted by Bebris. It got annoying quite rapidly because Lady Catherine is also given to a lot of abuse at the drop of a hat. Bebris SAYS Elizabeth stands up to her but she really does not. Not once in this book! The quiet Anne herself does a better job of it. At times, I felt that the story just dragged but the humour in some scenes kept it from getting too dreary. I liked the solution. It is definitely not one most authors would have chosen and I liked how Bebris chose to buck the trend. The characters were well-drawn and I especially enjoyed the scenes in which Meg appeared. I overall enjoyed the story and breezed through the book despite its shortcomings.