Ellen Byerrum's Killer Hair (Crime of Fashion, Book 1) PDF

By Ellen Byerrum

ISBN-10: 0451209486

ISBN-13: 9780451209481

Home of the helmet hairdo and Congressional comb-over, Washington, D.C. is a hotbed of style pretend pas. If a person may still be aware of, it's "Crimes of Fashion" columnist Lacey Smithsonian. She dishes out suggestion to the scandal-scorched and clothing-clueless, doing her half to alter this town-one type sufferer at a time...

An up-and-coming stylist, Angie Woods had a name for rescuing down-and-out looks-and careers-all with a couple of scissors. but if Angie is located with a drastic haircut and a razor in her hand, the police think she devoted suicide. Lacey knew the stylist and suspects whatever extra sinister-that the tale may possibly lie with Angie's superstar buyer, a White condominium staffer with a salacious web site. With assistance from a hunky ex-cop, Lacey needs to root out the truth...

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I didn’t imagine it,” said Tess. “Something with fingers caught hold of my ankle. ” Tess’s tense expression relaxed and lightened into a smile. She was fighting this. “I’m sorry, Mr. Clarke. I won’t be a spoilsport. And, after all, what did anybody expect? That’s what we’re here for, isn’t it? ” “But—” “There was something there, Mr. Clarke. ” Two doors opened into the hall, one at the left and one at the right. We looked toward the door at the left, because a light had been switched on there.

This is Mrs. ” smiled Gwyneth. “I’ve been so wanting to meet you, Miss Fraser. I’m your chaperon, you know. You must be tired after that drive. ” “Thanks,” said Tess. ” The room at the left of the hall, it appeared, was the drawing-room. It was very long and spacious, with two of the big windows opening on the front driveway. Evidently as a concession to modernity, it had been furnished with rich but subdued heaviness: fitted carpet, deep chairs upholstered in wine-colored velvet, fat-bowled Chinese lamps on the side tables.

Clarke. But I could be much more keen about a week end in the country if it weren’t such foul weather. Just look at those windows! ” 45 Clarke stared at her. ” “Certainly not. That house has been vacant for upwards of seventeen years. It will take more than a month to put it in anything like a decent state of repair. No, no, no. I was merely, like a crafty host, planning ahead. ” He drew out a pocket diary and leafed through the pages. “What would you say to a Whitsuntide party? Whitsunday, this year, falls on May 17th.

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