Originally published as
Killing Jane Austen
.Honey Driver is thrilled when members of a film crew check in to her hotel. They offer her work as an extra in their sumptuous new flick about Jane Austen.Honey jumps at the chance - any excuse to don a corset and a frilly bonnet - but soon finds out showbiz isn't all it's cracked up to be. The cameras have barely begun to roll when . . .The film's leading lady is found dead. Slumped over her dressing table in a pool of her own blood.Someone has stabbed the acid-tongued thespian with a hatpin. The only clue: a bloodstained script left at the scene.And, just like that, Honey finds she's landed her own starring role.As prime suspect . . .