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Online magazine: There Must Be Murder

There Must be Murder
A short story mystery featuring characters from Northanger Abbey

Please choose from one of the following articles:

Chapter Twelve: Going to One Wedding Brings On Another.
The conclusion of our 12 part story

Chapter Eleven: Speaking Well Enough to be Intelligible
Romance is in the air though mysteries remain...

Chapter Ten: The Shades of Udolpho
Catherine is carried away by an unknown messenger...

Chapter Nine: The Most Unpromising Circumstance
Matthew reports on his discoveries...

Chapter Eight: Most Alarming Adventures
A spy enters the Beauclerk household...

Chapter Seven: Brittle and Beautiful
Catherine learns the ways of the world...

Chapter Six: Murder and Everything of the Kind
The plot thickens as neighborhood secrets are revealed

Chapter Five: Something Very Shocking Indeed
Secrets are revealed even as accusations fly...

Chapter Four: No Enemy to Matrimony
The plot thickens as the gossips of Bath set to work

Chapter Three: Spoilt by Great Acquaintance
Catherine meets friends from Henry's past...and a possible rival for his affection

Chapter Two: An Unexpected Meeting
Catherine and Henry travel to Bath and discover unexpected company

Chapter One: Winter Pleasures
Welcome to the first chapter of our ongoing serial novella, There Must be Murder, a mystery set in Regency Bath featuring your favorite characters from Northanger Abbey

Meet the Author of our upcoming Novella
Meet Margaret C. Sullivan, author of our exclusive novella

Illustrator Found!
The Jane Austen Centre has completed our search for an artist to illustrate a newly commissioned work.