We all want to know what happened next to Darcy and Elizabeth, but this vision is one that I can't buy. While better than the ridiculous miniseries based on it, the novel maligns beloved characters (Col. Fitzwilliam gets a particularly bad rap) and fundamentally mistakes Austen's vision for the Darcys' relationship. I might not have minded a historical mystery set in the Regency, but to give these characters the names of familiar people and then have them act so very different is a travesty. The writing itself is well-done, as is all of James that I have read, but the plot and characters hurt.