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Rent Armed and Glamorous: A Crime of Fashion Mystery
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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Published: Jul 2008
Genre: Fiction - Mystery & Detective - General
Retail Price: $8.99
Pages: 336
Synopsis
Trench coats— hot or not?
The author of Grave Apparel proves you can solve mysteries without sacrificing style...
Unchallenged and unappreciated, fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian slips on her trench coat and high-heeled gumshoes to pursue a course in private investigation and a shot at a better job.
When a wealthy and erratic D.C. socialite is discovered quite dead outside the classroom, Lacey gets to test those sleuthing skills. Was the victim on her way to share a dangerous secret with Smithsonian? And what does it have to do with a missing Louis Vuitton vintage custom makeup case?
Lacey must mix style with substance to unravel these tangled threads before she, or one of her best friends, gets caught in the sights of a cold-blooded killer…
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