Charlie Lovett first delighted readers with his New York Times–bestselling debut, THE BOOKMAN’S TALE. Now Lovett is back with another brilliantly imagined mystery, this time featuring one of English literature’s most popular and beloved authors: Jane Austen.

Book lover and Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has recently taken a job at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different customers request a copy of the same obscure book: the second edition of A LITTLE BOOK OF ALLEGORIES by Richard Mansfield. Their queries draw Sophie into a mystery that will cast doubt on the true authorship of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE --- and ultimately threaten Sophie’s life.