My Cousin Darcy is a creative 1826 sporting novel that champions Jane Austen's character, Mr. Darcy, as a supporting character in this adventure to the main character, his energetic cousin Sofia-Elisabete. Sofia and her father, Colonel Fitzwilliam, enjoy a competitive banter around sporting events such as fox hunting, horse racing, and the like. When a wager between them goes wrong, a jovial running of the hounds turns rapidly into a suspected murder. Soon rumors lead to convictions that the Colonel must have been responsible for the unfortunate death despite his attempts to rebuttal. To vindicate her father's honor, Sofia begins a gallant search for the only witness present to prove her father's innocence, a proud sports journalist named Nimrod who vanished almost immediately following the hunting accident. Though Sofia is clever, the Colonel calls on his shrewd but often discordant cousin, Mr. Darcy, as a companion to help them track the journalist down. Mr. Darcy's character is further revealed through this story as both familiarly stoic, but decades since his proud and prejudice nature in Jane Austen's stories, a more father-like comforting presence in this story line.