On 8 CDs. Unit sales of comparative title The Private Patient Unabridged (CD ISBN: 9781408410080) reached over 9.6k in the first 11 months of release. P. D. James masterfully recreates the world of Pride & Prejudice & combines it with the excitement & suspense of a brilliantly-crafted crime story. The year is 1803 & Darcy & Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome & healthy sons in the nursery Elizabeths beloved sister Jane & her husband Bingley live nearby & the orderly world of Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when on the eve of the annual autumn ball the guests are preparing to retire for the night when a chaise appears rocking down the path from Pemberleys wild woodl&. As it pulls up Lydia Wickham
- Elizabeths younger unreliable sister
- stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered. Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen PD James masterfully recreates the world of Pride & Prejudice & combines it with the excitement & suspense of a brilliantly-crafted crime story. Death Comes to Pemberley is a distinguished work of fiction from one of the best-loved most- read writers of our time.