The Landscape of Canadian Women's Crime Fiction

Tag: Jane Austen

  • “I’m no Captain Wentworth”: P.D. James’s Dalgliesh in Love

    The Murder Room is one of my favourite P.D. James mysteries, although many other readers are less rapturous. Kirkus Reviews complained about “a plot less ineluctable than her best” but praises the intriguing cast of characters and–as always in James–the extraordinary sense of place. The novel is set largely at the Dupayne Museum, which explores…

  • Jane Austen’s Emma as a Mystery Novel

    As we shift into the New Year (happy January 1!), a reminder that 2025 was a year of Austen tributes. Here’s my own belated contribution. Austen has been of central importance in my life. My closest friend from high school and I remain united in significant part through our love of Austen, a passion which…

  • Epistolary Mysteries

    I am a woman of letters: I love writing and receiving long, newsy missives filled with gossip, tales of professional rivalries and triumphs, and ideas for the various big projects and life events that friends are contemplating. Alas, no one sends me long letters anymore. My mail is bills, bold political pleas for support, and…