Jane Austen Investigates by Julia Golding

Jane also befriends the dancing master’s assistant, a former slave, called Brandon, who is as quick to notice things as she. Cassandra plunges into the feverish excitement of preparing for the biggest event of the year – the dresses, the dances and the boys expected from the neighbouring school.įeeling rather excluded, sharp-witted Jane unearths the reason for the fuss – the headteacher wants to impress a rich family returned from India as the school is at risk of going bankrupt. When the headmistress invites her past favourite pupil to attend their end of term ball, Cassandra brings her younger sister, Jane, along too. However, as Jane would counter, there was no better person to identify the culprit than the thief turned thief-catcher.’ From her early love of sugar plums, and cleverness in hiding her expeditions into the pantry, her mother declared her far more likely to commit them. ‘No one who had ever seen Jane Austen in her infancy would suppose her to be born to solve crimes. Join young budding detective Jane Austen in her second investigation to uncover a devious diamond thief at the glitziest, most scandalous ball of the year! Inspired by Sense and Sensibility. With the ever-present Austen spirit, Jane with notebook in hand, boldly overcomes the obstacles to finding the truth.Nancy Drew. At the ball, a diamond necklace is stolen from a locked room and they are propelled into a race to uncover the burglar and save Brandon from gaol.

Jane also befriends the dancing master's assistant, a former slave, called Brandon, who is as quick to notice things as she.

Feeling rather excluded, sharp-witted Jane unearths the reason for the fuss - the headteacher wants to impress a rich family returned from India as the school is at risk of going bankrupt. Cassandra plunges into the feverish excitement of preparing for the biggest event of the year - the dresses, the dances and the boys expected from the neighbouring school. 'A real treat for bookworms.' - Lucy Strange, children's author of The Ghost of Gosswater Join young, budding detective Jane Austen in her second investigation to uncover a devious diamond thief at the glitziest, most scandalous ball of the year! Inspired by Sense and Sensibility.

Jane Austen Investigates by Julia Golding