Duplicity and Deceit · A Pride and Prejudice Variation

An Enjoyable holiday becomes a terrifying ordeal when Elizabeth Bennet, her sister Jane, and their Aunt Gardiner are stopped by highwaymen, who help themselves to a valuable Bennet family heirloom before leaving the devastated women to continue their journey to Lambton.

News of the incident is brought to the attention of the county's wealthiest resident, Mr. Darcy, who promises he will do everything in his power to bring the criminal to justice and restore Derbyshire's reputation.

Elizabeth's return to Longbourn seems to coincide with a similar spate of robberies in Hertfordshire. When Mr. Darcy and his friend, Mr. Bingley, arrive in the county at almost the same time as the thieves, rumors arise regarding the criminals' identity.

With events spiraling out of control suspicion falls on Mr. Darcy as the culprit, while gossip and accusations abound.

His arrest as the highwayman and subsequent admission of guilt shocks Elizabeth, who is convinced a tragic mistake is being made, and Mr. Darcy is confessing to crimes he could not have committed.

Her determination to prove his innocence becomes the source of rare conflict with Mr. Bennet, who will not listen when she insists that someone other than Mr. Darcy must be the criminal terrorizing Hertfordshire's citizens.

It is with a broken heart that she learns he has been transported to London, and a date with the gallows at the Old Bailey, London's notorious prison and potentially Mr. Darcy's final stop on this earth.