Jane And The Final Mystery Review – An Emotional End To The Popular Series

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Here is our book review with everything else you need to know.

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After 15 delightful and intelligent books, the successful mystery series (the first published in 1996) with Jane Austen as an amateur sleuth – has reached its end.

What sets the final book apart from the others is that it has Jane Austen deal more with her own mortality – with the knowledge that she will soon likely die.

Even as she suffers from illness and pain, Jane sets out to solve this latest mystery at Winchester College to help her friends and nephew discover the truth while saving an innocent boy’s life and reputation. Learn more

It’s heartbreaking but poignant to read about Jane Austen’s suffering – but because she holds onto hope and faces her circumstances with courage – the novel never feels dark or depressing. Learn more

The mystery itself is like a good episode of a British crime drama – it keeps you hooked on the story – and wanting to investigate yourself to the very end.

Overall, I was sad to read the final pages. You can’t help but want a different ending for Jane Austen, and you wish this historical mystery series could continue – but it can’t.