Grave Apparel

Praise
for
the
Crime
of
Fashion
mysteries

“Lacey
Smithsonian
skewers
Washington
with
style.”

—Elaine
Viets,
national bestselling author of
Murder
with
Reservations
“Devilishly
funny
.
.
.
Lacey
is
intelligent,
insightful
and
spun
k
y
...
.
Thoroughly likable.
—
The
Sun
(Bremerton,
WA)
“Byerrum spins a mystery out of
(very
luxurious) whole cloth with the best of them
..
.
.”
—Chick Lit Books “Fun and wit
t
y..
. with a great female
sleuth.”
—Fresh Fiction “[A]
very
entertaining
series.”

The Romance
Reader’s
Connection

Raiders
of
the Lost
Corset
“A
hilarious
crime
caper
. . .
readers
will
find
themselves
laughing out loud. . . . Ellen Byerrum has a hit series on
her
hands with her latest
tale.”
—The Best
Reviews
“I
love
this series.
Lacey
is such a
wonderful
characte
r
...
. The plot has
many
twists and turns to
keep
you turning the pages to
discover
the truth. I highly recommend this book and
series.”

—Spinetingler
Magazine
“Wow.
A
simplistic
word,
but
one
that
describes
this
book
perfectly.
I
loved
it! I could not put it
down!
. . .
Lacey
is a scream, and
she’s
not nearly as wild and
funny
as some of her friends. The story line twists and turns, sending the reader from
Washington,
DC, to France, and
finally
to
New
Orleans
I
loved
everything
about the book from the characters to the plot to the
fastpaced
and witty
writing.”
—Roundtable
Reviews
“Lacey
is back, and in
fine
for
m
.
This is probably the most
complex,
most serious case that
Lacey
has
taken
on,
but
with her upbeat attitude and
finetuned
fashion
sense,
there’s
no one better suited to the task.
Traveling
with
Lacey
is both entertain ing and
dicey,
but
you’ll
be glad you made the
trip.”

—The Romance
Reader’s
Connection

Hostile
Makeover
“Byerrum pulls another
superlative
Crime of
Fashion
out of her
vintage
cloche.
.
.
.
All
these
wonderful
characters
combine
with
Byerrum’s
. . .
clever
plotting and
snappy
dialogue to
fash
ion
a..
.
keep’emguessing’tiltheend
whodunit.”

—Chick Lit Books “So much
fun.”
—The Romance
Reader’s
Connection “The read is as smooth as
finegrade
cashmere.”

—
Publishers
Weekly
“Totally
delightf
u
l...
a fun and witty
read.”
—Fresh Fiction

Designer
Knockoff
“Byerrum
intersperses
the
book
with
witty
excerpts
from
Lacey’s
‘Fashion
Bites’ columns, such as ‘When Bad Clothes Happen to Good People’ and ‘Thank
Heavens
It’s
Not Code
Taupe.’
. . . Quir
k
y..
. interesting plot
twists.”

—
The
Sun
(Bremerton,
WA)

“Clever
wordplay,
snappy
patter,
and intriguing clues
make
this
politicsmeetshighfashion
whodunit a cut
above
the
ordinary.”

—
Romantic
Times

“Compelling
...
.
Lacey
is a
spunky
heroine and is
very
self assured as she carries
off
her vintage looks with much
aplomb.”

—The Mystery Reader

“A
very
talented writer with an
offbeat
sense of humor and tal ent for creating
quirky
and eccentric characters that will
have
readers laughing at their
antics.”
—The Best
Reviews
Killer
Hair
“[A] rippling debut. Peppered with girlfriends
you’d
love
to
have,
smoldering romance you
can’t
resist, and
Beltway
insider insights
you’ve
got to read,
Killer
Hair
adds a crazy twist to the concept of ‘capital
murder.’
”

—Sarah
Strohmeyer,
Agatha
Award–winning
author of
The
Cinderella
Pact

“Ellen Byerrum tailors her
debut
mystery with a sharp murder plot, entertaining
fashion
commentary,
and gutsy
characters.”

—Nancy
J. Cohen, author of the Bad Hair Day Mysteries

“Chock full of colorful, often hilarious characters. . . .
Lacey
herself has a delightfully catty wi
t
....
A load of stylish
fun.”

—Scripps
Howard
News
Service

“Lacey slays and sashays thru
Washington
politics,
scandal,
and
Fourth
Estate slime, while
uncovering
whodunit, and dunit,
and
dunit
again.”
—Chloe Green, author of the
Dallas O’Connor
Fashion
Mysteries

“
Killer
Hair
is a shear
delight.”
—Elaine
Viets

Other
Crime
of
Fashion
Mysteries
by
Ellen
Byerrum

Killer
Hair Designer
Knockoff
Hostile
Makeover
Raiders
of
the
Lost
Corset

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Byerrum,
2007
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work
of
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Names,
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author’s
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