Elizabeth and Darcy have been happily married for six years, and life is delightful: Jane and Bingley live nearby, Mr. Bennet visits frequently, Darcy’s sister Georgiana has favorable marriage prospects, and Lydia and George Wickham have been banned from the grounds of Pemberley. On the eve of the annual autumn ball, all happiness is dashed by the dramatic arrival of Lydia, who hysterically declares that her husband has been shot. A search party discovers Wickham in the woods surrounding the estate–standing over a bloodied corpse. Under extreme stress and inextricably entangled in a lurid murder trial, Pemberley may never be the same for its owners and its servants.
