A classic 1940's style mystery... "Secretary Murders Widowed Mistress in Adelaide Love Nest!" Vivian Sherlock glanced from the screaming headline on her daily newspaper to the pale young man sitting on the other side of her desk. "Nigel is innocent!" insisted the young man.

Prologue || Detective The small suspect list dwindles down to the last four names. flip through the newly taken mugshots of Kendall Vertes, seventeen, Chloe Lukasiak, eighteen, Madison Ziegler, seventeen, and Brooke Hyland, nineteen. All of them have a reason to of killed Abby Lee Miller. All of them have a past. I go through all of their alibis and answers to questioning. None of it lines up, or works for them to of killer her, but one of them did They have to of "I don't get why I'm here! Throw one of those rejects in the slammer." One of the girls yell One by one the cell doors slam shut. The front door flys open as they curse and kick they walls claiming their innocence more than the others. throw my head back from the noise, as someone approaches "Sir, you really need to see it, l think we found a break in the case." They yell, holding something up. sit up. "Not now, can't take anything over that state, pointing to the screaming suspects. But sir, we found "I said not now." l retort. see their shaking arm extending out holding a notebook. sit up, taking it. "It's written by the put my hand up flipping through the pages of slanted writing. "Well I'll be darned." mutter The diary of the killer. Is all I say, as everything going silent.

This is a story about the life of the Darcy's after the day they get married. Their life isn't far from happily ever after, but like everything it has its ups and downs. The story written by Jane Austen has inspired millions and will continue to inspire. So, I thought I might use some of her inspiration to create a novel that is in a way related to her and to one of my favorite stories.