title: Selena Jones: Trial and Error: A Mystery of Selena Jones featuring Sherlock Holmes
author:  Jacquelyn Applegate 
description: <span>"SELENA JONES: TRIAL AND ERROR: FEATURING SHERLOCK HOLMES is the first of a projected series about a young woman who has detective skills and manages to attract the attention of Sherlock Holmes, who has a supporting role in her adventures and who winds up demonstrating considrable emotional attachment to Selena."</span>
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  Chapter One
  "Selena Christian, stand and face the court." With neither haste nor reluctance, Selena rose from her chair
  at the defense table and faced the court. It was the third week of her trial, and her lawyer was sweating
  with eagerness to be rid of her. Contempt for him, and for the curious, seething mass of spectators
  straightened her shoulders. Her golden eyes flashed in the sudden blaze of light as holo crews switched
  on their machines to record every twitch for posterity -Treason, sedition, conspiracy, the list of charges
  seemed as endless as a dark street on a lonely night. When she heard the word "witchcraft" she barely
  suppressed a laugh. Were she a witch, she would have conjured herself the hell out of here, leaving a trail
  of snakes and mice. Her so-called lawyer would be no trick; Molls was already two-thirds mouse. The
  rest w