Deception

Deception will delight readers with its lively lucidity and inventive wit. When two identical schoolgirls decide to swap identities, the adventures resulting from this are described in an Austenesque style which equals that other doyenne of the genre, Georgette HeyerAmanda Craig, Sunday Express

A winner. The narrative is crisp, the characterization revealing, the ending quite modern in its ambiguityThe Lady

Joan Aiken’s Deception is charming and convincing . . . the detail of daily life and the interweaving of characters are fascinating and the whole as witty as befits a master pasticheur of Jane AustenMarina Vaizey, Country Life

Joan Aiken has produced in Deception a very good historical romance with a strong and sympathetic period feelOxford Times