Release of Dying to Write by Mary Simonsen

Today is release day for Dying to Write , the fourth in the Patrick Shea mystery series. Here's the blurb from the back jacket:
In need of a break from his job at Scotland Yard, Detective Sergeant Patrick Shea of London’s Metropolitan Police is looking forward to some quiet time at a timeshare in rural Devon in England’s West Country. However, when he arrives at The Woodlands, Patrick finds himself in the midst of a Jane Austen conference. Despite their Regency Era dresses, bonnets, and parasols, a deep divide exists between the Jane Austen fan-fiction community, those who enjoy expanding on the author’s work, and the Janeites, those devotees who think anyone who tampers with the original novels is committing a sacrilege. When one of the conference speakers is found dead in her condo, Patrick is back on the job. Is is possible that the victim was actually killed because of a book?

Great! Terrific! Wonderful! Yes? It's a little more complicated than that. Find out why at Austen Variations.
P.S. There's an excerpt.
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Published on May 21, 2014 00:05
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