In need of a break from his job at Scotland Yard, Detective Sergeant Patrick Shea of The Metropolitan Police is looking forward to some quiet time at a timeshare in rural Devon in England’s West Country. However, when he arrives at The Woodlands at Colyton, Patrick finds himself in the midst of a Jane Austen conference. Despite Regency Era dresses, bonnets, and parasols, a deep divide exists between the Jane Austen fan-fiction community, those who enjoy expanding on the author’s work by writing sequels and re-imaginings, and the Janeites, those devotees who think anyone who tampers with the original novels is committing a sacrilege. When one of the conference speakers is found dead in her condo, Patrick is back on the job trying to find her killer. Is it possible that the victim was actually killed because of a book?