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Long before our modern-day crime author draws a final, canny ace from her tartan sleeve, youll have succumbed to the delights of Northanger la McDermid.The Boston Globe
Now in paperback, Val McDermids Northanger Abbey is an updated take on Jane Austens classic novel about a young woman whose visit to the stately home of a well-to-do acquaintance stirs her most macabre imaginings. A homeschooled ministers daughter in the quaint, sheltered Piddle Valley in Dorset, Cat Morland loses herself in novels (and, of course, her smartphone) and is sure there is a glamorous adventure awaiting her beyond the valleys narrow horizon. So imagine her delight when her neighbors, the Allens, invite her to attend the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh as their guest. Cat quickly begins to take Edinburgh by storm and is taken into the bosom of the Thorpe family, particularly by eldest daughter Bella. And then she meets handsome Henry Tilney, who lives at the beautiful and forbidding Northanger Abbey. Cat is entranced by Henry and his charming sister Eleanor, but she cant help but wonder if everything about them is as perfect as it seems. Maybe she has just been reading too many novels?
Theres an archness and precision to McDermids prose that beautifully echoes Austens own. . . . Engages in a witty conversation with the original . . . More than just a cover version. McDermid has taken possession of Northanger Abbey.New York Times Book Review
A note perfect modern reworking of Austens classic gothic satire. . . . Breezy, vital, inventive . . . [McDermids] obvious pleasure in the task is as contagious as Austens wit. The Scotsman (UK)
Now in paperback, Val McDermids Northanger Abbey is an updated take on Jane Austens classic novel about a young woman whose visit to the stately home of a well-to-do acquaintance stirs her most macabre imaginings. A homeschooled ministers daughter in the quaint, sheltered Piddle Valley in Dorset, Cat Morland loses herself in novels (and, of course, her smartphone) and is sure there is a glamorous adventure awaiting her beyond the valleys narrow horizon. So imagine her delight when her neighbors, the Allens, invite her to attend the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh as their guest. Cat quickly begins to take Edinburgh by storm and is taken into the bosom of the Thorpe family, particularly by eldest daughter Bella. And then she meets handsome Henry Tilney, who lives at the beautiful and forbidding Northanger Abbey. Cat is entranced by Henry and his charming sister Eleanor, but she cant help but wonder if everything about them is as perfect as it seems. Maybe she has just been reading too many novels?
Theres an archness and precision to McDermids prose that beautifully echoes Austens own. . . . Engages in a witty conversation with the original . . . More than just a cover version. McDermid has taken possession of Northanger Abbey.New York Times Book Review
A note perfect modern reworking of Austens classic gothic satire. . . . Breezy, vital, inventive . . . [McDermids] obvious pleasure in the task is as contagious as Austens wit. The Scotsman (UK)
