Diane Vallere
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Samantha Kidd recently added an unexpected skill to her fashion-heavy resume: solving a crime. But amateur sleuthing doesn't pay the bills. A new retailer shows interest in hiring her as their handbag buyer, but there's one big red flag: the last buyer was killed on the job.
Moving back to her old hometown was about leaving that career path behind, but Samantha's out of options. When another person at the store is murdered, the walls close in like...
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National bestselling author Diane Vallere delivers your new favorite fashionable amateur sleuth! Join Samantha Kidd as she trades high fashion for dirty laundry and learns a great wardrobe isn't enough to turn your life around, let alone catch a killer. She expected the fashion industry to be ruthless. She wasn't prepared for it to turn deadly.Ready to redesign her life, style expert Samantha Kidd accepts a job in her Pennsylvania hometown as a...
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Costume shop mysteries volume 1
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Berkley Prime Crime
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2016.
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292 pages ; 18 cm.
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Madison Night's star is on the rise. Thanks to a series of TV spots to promote her decorating business's grand reopening, she's busier than ever. The police commissioner, impressed with her screen presence, engages her to replace the original actress in his feel-good campaign for local law enforcement. But when the first spokeswoman's body is found on set after Madison's testimonial airs, the last thing the police need is publicity. Madison steers...
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Nacre Bleu!Amateur sleuth Samantha Kidd's life is finally on track. It's her normally cultured friend Cat whose life has lost its luster: eight months pregnant and abandoned by her husband the week before Christmas. She ropes Samantha into helping at her boutique, but a string of jewelry thefts threatens her business. And when Cat's husband is found strangled with pearls inside the shop, the last thing she's concerned with is profit. Samantha tries...
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Murder…the final frontier!
Space sleuth Sylvia Stryker wants more from her day job aboard a Moon Unit than to manage crew uniforms. In her time between moon treks, she turns to hunky hero Neptune for lessons in security training. But when a hijacked space pod lands by their training site and the body of an intergalactic courier is discovered inside, Sylvia's newly-acquired skills are put to the test. The courier was a friend who shared her interest...
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She wanted to visit a friend. The "friend" wants to get out of jail. Can Samantha find new evidence to clear a convicted killer? Fashionista Samantha Kidd's new role as style columnist for the local paper encourages her to attend events and discover new trends. But when an out-of-the-blue invitation to visit an acquaintance arrives, standing out is the last thing she wants. The acquaintance is the heiress to a pretzel fortune-or she would be if she...
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Fabric shop owner Polyester Monroe can get tangled up in textiles, but it's murder that really throws her for a loop in the latest mystery from the national bestselling author of Crushed Velvet.
The time has come for San Ladrón, California's annual Miss Tangorli beauty pageant, and Poly has agreed to use Material Girl's inventory of shimmery silks to create embellished gowns fit for a crown. But when millionaire Harvey Halliwell-the man who revived...
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Amateur Sleuth Samantha Kidd is in over her head. With no job prospects on the horizon, former fashion buyer Samantha Kidd convinces boyfriend and shoe designer Nick Taylor to give her a job. But when close friend Eddie asks for help with an exhibit of vintage Hollywood costumes, she splits her time between romance and comedy--until a dead man claims all of her attention. Brimming with good intentions, she leave the investigation to the cops, but...
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Score these humorous mystery series starters by national bestselling author Diane Vallere in one bingeable collection! FOUR SCORE Starter Bundle includes: DESIGNER DIRTY LAUNDRY, Samantha Kidd Mystery #1: Ready to redesign her life, style expert Samantha Kidd accepts a job in her Pennsylvania hometown as a trend specialist. But her first day goes completely A-line when she stumbles across her legendary boss dead in the elevator. And after the body...
12) Gilt Trip
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All that glitters isn't gold in Samantha Kidd's latest mystery…
When Samantha Kidd's jewel of a husband, shoe designer Nick Taylor, is named a finalist for Designer of the Year at an industry function, Samantha sponsors a banquet table and invites close friends and family to the celebration. But by the time the night arrives, most of them aren't on speaking terms. Even romance with Nick suffers thanks to his dad's move into the couple's spare bedroom.
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She agreed to work for her boyfriend's ex. A break-up made her an ex, too. Can she trust the woman at the center of her love life crisis?Samantha Kidd's love life is lukewarm. After agreeing to help her ex-boyfriend's maybe-former girlfriend with a runway show, she hides her broken heart behind her reputation. But when she's assaulted outside the venue, accusations of attention-seeking make her lose her cool.Determined to find her attacker,...
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Crimes of fashion abound in this boxed set of three mysteries featuring former fashion buyer Samantha Kidd, including:DESIGNER DIRTY LAUNDRY – book #1She expected the fashion industry to be ruthless. She wasn't prepared for it to turn deadly.Ready to redesign her life, style expert Samantha Kidd accepts a job in her Pennsylvania hometown as a trend specialist. But her first day goes completely A-line when she stumbles across her legendary boss...
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THE KIDD STAYS IN THE PICTURE! "A sleek and stylish read."--Ellen Byerrum, Bestselling Author of the Crime of Fashion Mystery SeriesSamantha Kidd Box Set #2 includes book 4-6 in this humorous mystery series. More crimes of fashion! More adventures! More Samantha Kidd!MEET SAMANTHA KIDD.Former fashion buyer turned amateur sleuth. Long on determination. Short on common sense. What she lacks in experience, she makes up for in style.SOME LIKE IT HAUTE...
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Nothing says "fresh start" like a birthday. But sometimes the past won't let you go...With her thirty-mumble-birthday on the horizon, amateur sleuth and fashion expert Samantha Kidd is determined to get her life under control. Her steady job at Retrofit Magazine comes with a paycheck, medical benefits, a 401K, and an assignment to dive into seventies style. She's prepared to report on patchwork velvet and platform shoes, but she never expected...
17) Fahrenheit 501
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When Samantha Kidd is invited to fill a vacated spot in a secret society, she jumps at the chance. The group's mission is to preserve famous fashion patterns through memorization and pass them down to future generations, but Samantha's dreams of Chanel jackets and Halston dresses are dashed when she's assigned the 501 jean. And when the retiring denim expert turns up dead, she fears there's more than fashion history at stake. Garments from the deceased...
18) I'm Your Venus
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She lost everything but her job. He wants her to risk it all to protect his secret. Can she put aside her fears and start over?Sylvia Stryker is the least qualified member of the Moon Unit Crew. After what happened on her first cruise, the company owes her a second chance. But when a promotional contest for passengers turns deadly, she's at risk of repeating past mistakes.When Sylvia discovers the victim's relationship to the head of security,...
19) Crushed Velvet
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With opening day of Material Girl approaching, Poly is stocking up on lush fabrics, colorful notions, and best of all, a proprietary weave of velvet. But upon delivery, it's not quite the blend she expected, being ninety-percent silk and ten-percent corpse. Crushed under a dozen bolts of fabric is Phil Girard. His wife, Genevieve, local tea shop owner and close friend of Poly, is the prime suspect.
Granted, Phil may not have been the perfect husband,...
20) Panty Raid
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Vegas, Baby, Vegas!
When fashionista and amateur sleuth Samantha Kidd is assigned to cover the lingerie shows in Las Vegas, her excitement is more visible than her panty lines. Events in her hometown of Ribbon, Pennsylvania have made her a local celebrity, and a romantic getaway with fiancé Nick Taylor is timely.
But when a well-known lingerie model is found dead outside Nick and Samantha's hotel room window, their romantic escape turns brief....