The deception at Lyme, or, The peril of persuasion : a Mr. & Mrs. Darcy mystery
(Book)

"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

Following their recent intrigue at Highbury, Fitzwilliam and Elizabeth Darcy visit the seaside village of Lyme on holiday. Family business also draws them there, to receive the personal effects of Mr. Darcy's late cousin, a naval lieutenant who died in action. Their retreat turns tragic when they come upon a body lying at the base of the Cobb. The victim is Mrs. Clay, a woman with a scandelous past that left her with child-a child whose existence threatens the inheritance of one of her paramours and the reputation of another.