"Allison Manex, a typical Midwestern girl, enters the tenth grade with a wonderful circle of friends. She’s neither popular nor an outcast, and she has had the biggest crush on Oliver Walker since seventh grade. He’s her entire reason for taking French class in eighth and ninth grade, in the hopes that she’ll have a class with him. William Mantel has only crossed paths with Alli once-back when they were in third grade-that is, until fate decides...

"Jane Austen-sparkling, spirited, and incredibly clever-is suddenly thrust into a mystery when a milliner's dead body is found locked inside a cupboard in the middle of a ball. When Jane's brother Georgy is found with some jewelry belonging to the deceased, the local officials see it as an open-and-shut case: one which is likely to end with his death. Jane is certain that he is innocent, and there is more to the murder than meets the eye. Her investigations...