Jane Bottlinger
On Monday, October 7, the Book Club will meet in the Madera Clubhouse Gold Room at 7:00 p.m. Judy Thut will facilitate our discussion of Death Comes to Pemberley by P. D. James.
The year is 1803 and Darcy and Elizabeth have been married for six years. There are now two handsome and healthy sons in the nursery. Elizabeth’s beloved sister Jane and her husband Bigley live nearby and the orderly world of the Pemberley seems unassailable. But all this is threatened when, on the eve of the annual autumn ball, as the guests are preparing to retire for the night, a chaise appears rocking down the path from Pemberley’s wild woodland. As it pulls up, Lydia Wickham, Elizabeth’s younger unreliable sister, stumbles out screaming that her husband has been murdered. Inspired by a lifelong passion for the work of Jane Austen, P.D. James masterfully recreates the world of Pride and Prejudice, and combines it with excitement and suspense of a brilliantly crafted crime story. This is a distinguished work of fiction from one of the best loved, most read writers of our time.
Come and join in on the discussion.
Our book selection for November is The Sociopath Next Door by Martha Stout.