Suspicion at Sanditon : or, the disappearance of Lady Denham
(Book)

"The Darcys have scarcely settled into their lodgings when they are unexpectedly invited to a dinner party by Lady Denham, a childless, twice-widowed dowager with a fortune to bequeath and a flight of distant relations circling for a place in her will. Thirteen guests assemble at Sanditon House -- but their hostess never appears. As a violent storm rises, a search for Lady Denham begins. The Darcys, like most of their fellow attendees, speculate that one of her ladyship's would-be heirs has grown impatient . . . until the guest start to vanish one by one. Does a kidnapper lurk in the centuries-old mansion, or is still more sinister force at work? As the night grows short, the dwellings's population grows thin, and tales of Sanditon House's storied past emerge, Mr. and Mrs. Darcy find themselves leading a desperate effort to discover what has happened to Lady Denham and the missing guests, before they all -- perhaps even Elizabeth and Darcy themselves -- disappear."--page 4 of cover.