First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen

Old books, young love and Jane Austen- a thrilling literary mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of The Bookman's Tale. Book lover and Jane Austen enthusiast Sophie Collingwood has just started working at an antiquarian bookshop in London when two different customers request a copy of the same obscure book: the second edition of Little Book of Allegories by Richard Mansfield. Their enquiries draw Sophie into a mystery that will cast doubt on the true authorship of Pride and Prejudice—and ultimately threaten her life. Interspersed with Sophie’s quest for the truth is the touching account of a young Jane Austen’s friendship with an ageing cleric, Richard Mansfield. Romantic, suspenseful and compelling, First Impressions is about love in all its forms and the joys of a life lived in books.