Designer Dirty Laundry: A Samantha Kidd Mystery - A Killer Fashion Mystery

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. "...the book is enriched by the author's cleverly phrased prose and convincing characterization. The surprise ending will satisfy and delight many mystery fans.
A diverting mystery that offers laughs and chills." -Kirkus Reviews "an impressive cozy mystery from a promising author." -Mystery Tribune "Combining fashion and fatalities, Diane Vallere pens a winning debut mystery...a sleek and stylish read." -Ellen Byerrum, National Bestselling author of the Crime of Fashion mysteries 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 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 disappears, she can't help but pull on the mystery's thread and unravel an entire wardrobe of suspects.?Supervising her deceased employer's vogue competition, Samantha tries to hem in a sexy shoe designer and countless ego-driven creatives to stitch together the clues. But when her own name appears on the police's suspect list, the sleuthing fashionista's days on the catwalk could be numbered.?Can Samantha put a killer in the spotlight before she's sewn up for a crime she didn't commit??Designer Dirty Laundry is the first book in the feel-good Samantha Kidd mystery series.
If you like witty protagonists, clever dialogue, and fashion-forward drama, then you'll love Diane Vallere's chic, humorous series. ABOUT THE AUTHORNational bestselling author Diane Vallere writes smart, funny, and fashionable character-based mysteries. After two decades working for a top luxury retailer, she traded fashion accessories for accessories to murder. She is also the editor of PROMOPHOBIA, a non-fiction resource for writers.
A past president of Sisters in Crime, Diane started her own detective agency at age ten and has maintained a passion for shoes, clues, and clothes ever since.