Diane Vallere
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
No sooner does former magician's assistant Margo Tamblyn return home to Proper City, Nevada, to run Disguise DeLimit, her family's costume shop, than she gets her first big order. Wealthy nuisance Blitz Manners needs forty costumes for a detective-themed birthday bash. As for Blitz himself, his Sherlock Holmes is to die for--literally--when, in the middle of the festivities, Margo's friend and party planner Ebony Welles is caught brandishing a carving...
2) Pillow stalk
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Interior Decorator Madison Night has modeled her life after a character in a Doris Day movie, but when a killer targets women dressed like the bubbly actress, Madison's signature sixties style places her in the middle of a homicide investigation. The local detective connects the new crimes to a twenty-year old cold case, and Madison's long-trusted contractor emerges as the leading suspect. As the body count piles up like a stack of plush pillows,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 292 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Halloween conjures up big business for Margo Tamblyn's costume shop, Disguise DeLimit, but this year, the holiday comes knocking with serious trouble. Venture capitalist Paul Haverford plans to rezone historic downtown into a glitzy commercial area which would push out local business. Margo is set on saving her family's store, especially after a nasty run-in with the chain-store tycoon, but after Haverford's body is discovered during a spooky party...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
When Poly Monroe was little, she loved playing in her family's textile store. But after a fatal family tragedy, Land of A Thousand Fabrics was boarded up and Poly never expected to see the inside again. Now, as inheritor of the long-shuttered shop, she's ready to restore the family business. However her two new kittens, Pins and Needles, aren't the ones causing a snag in her plans... Not everyone wants Poly back in San Ladrón, especially a powerful...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"Fabric shop owner Polyester Monroe is back in business--this time getting wrapped up in a diabolical but crafty case of murder. 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,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fabric shop owner Polyester Monroe can get tangled up in textiles, but it's murder that really throws her for a loop. 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 the city's citrus trade with his imported tangorli tree--is found dead days...
Author
Series
Costume shop mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 290 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It's no secret around Proper City, Nevada, that the Sagebrush Festival, the town's annual family-friendly event, is the place to be. This year's theme of board games has everything from Conspiracy to Clue. Margo Tamblyn's costume shop, Disguise DeLimit, has been tasked with providing costumes for the festival headliner, the Domino Divas. But on the night of the performance, one fallen Domino threatens to bring down the whole show when head dancer...
Author
Series
Mad for mod mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition, Trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
A Mad for Mod mystery volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition, Trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
