Amelia Blackwell, author of the ‘twisty’ (Rebecca Reid) Austen-inspired crime novel, A Crime Through Time, has just made an appearance on the Demythifying podcast.

With co-host Lauren, Amelia speaks about why Austen is still important today; what inspired her to weave Jane Austen, crime, and time travel; and they discuss the worst and best of men in Austen’s literary works.

Listen to the discussion in full here.

Georgiana Darcy, the younger sister of the renowned Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, leads a privileged, quiet life in Georgian England. But beneath her demure façade lie a sharp, keen intellect and an insatiable curiosity. When she discovers a mysterious device hidden deep in the woods of Pemberley, her life takes an extraordinary turn…

Georgiana soon unlocks the secrets of the device, which is able to transport her through time and across the world. She embarks on a thrilling journey as a time-travelling detective.  A Crime Through Time finds Georgiana on the set of the 1995 adaptation of Sense and Sensibility: a vast estate in Devon. Initially mistaken for an extra, she is soon investigating the murder of a groundsman—the uncle of handsome, young Irishman Quinn Quinlan. Meanwhile, back in 1799, Georgiana’s sister-in-law Elizabeth struggles with her pregnancy.

Can Georgiana solve the murder and save Elizabeth? And how will she handle her budding romance with Quinn, given they live 200 years apart?

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