# Bookstore dopers: end my misery. What is this book? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 21, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bookstore-dopers-end-my-misery-what-is-this-book/190007 "2003-07-21T21:11:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bookstore-dopers-end-my-misery-what-is-this-book/190007/1 "2003-07-21T21:11:34Z")
I was at a book store this weekand and didn’t have time to stop and look at a book that caught my eye. The gist of the title is: Jane Austen Book. ( though not by her) and a book written in the sense of JA. I think it might be a mystery. It is a new release (at least it was on the new release shelf. Hardback. On the top of the cover is something like " Jane Austen Mysteries" or " Jane Austen Story…" I can’t remember. There was a drawing of a woman picking up her skirt going towards a big house. Vague enough for you? ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bookstore-dopers-end-my-misery-what-is-this-book/190007/2 "2003-07-21T21:38:08Z")
I’m not a bookstore person but I do know there’s a whole series of Jane Austen mysteries, by Stephanie Barron. I’ve read a few and they were pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bookstore-dopers-end-my-misery-what-is-this-book/190007/3 "2003-07-21T22:00:14Z")
That’s it! thanks, **Tearoses** , I am off to the library.