Richard is teaching Jane Austen as a Queen of Crime at the University of London while Elizabeth researches all the London sites Jane knew. It's a lovely interlude to their summer until death falls from the sky. What has Richard's brother Andrew become embroiled in with his bid to buy a set of Jane Austen first editions? Is Richard's student the airhead she seems to be or the victim of spousal abuse? And what are Elizabeth and Richard to do with the young boy thrown into their care? Elizabeth and Richard are exploring Jane Austen's London, but their murderous opponent is all-too contemporary.