Magda Rousseau's dark family secret: Her grandfather had stolen the jewel-filled corset of a dead Romanov princess. "FIND THE CORSET!" A dying corset maker's last words send Lacey Smithsonian across the sea on a high-stakes scavenger hunt-and a race against the old woman's killer. Raiders of the Lost Corset: A Crime of Fashion Mystery (Trade Paperback / Paperback) Shadows and deceptions lead her and the Red Dress into a macabre dance with an assassin-and a masquerade with death. But who would want it enough to kill for it? Crazy theatre people? Costume collectors? Or even Russian spies? In Washington, D.C., Lacey discovers, spycraft and stagecraft seem to have much in common.
Assaults, burglary and murder follow this stunning gown wherever it goes. If the Red Dress of Death doesn't get her first. Is the notorious red dress cursed with bad luck? Or is the truth even stranger? It's up to Lacey and her so-called ExtraFashionary Perception to find out once and for all. The actress who first wore it on stage died on closing night-playing Death in The Masque of the Red Death at a Russian emigre theatre. The dress is crimson, flowing, fabulous, and infamous. The Masque of the Red Dress (Trade Paperback / Paperback)īehind the Masque of Murder Fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian has never seen such a gown. on an urgent mission to rescue a homeless child - and to keep a killer from ruining Christmas. Lacey must search the snowy back alleys of D.C. But Lacey's encounter with the little lost shepherd sends her on a quest that reveals a tragic side of the holidays: There's no room at the inn for the cold, the hungry, and the homeless. Christmas in Washington, D.C., is a glitzy season of celebration. And who's getting blamed for "ruining Christmas"? Lacey, of course. ch is brutally assaulted with a giant candy cane, and Lacey's only witness is a homeless child in a stolen shepherd's robe. The food editor refuses to bake the usual seasonal treats. She tangles with "Sweatergate," a newsroom feud over garish holiday sweaters. Why is Lacey Smithsonian Ruining Christmas? EVERYTHING GOES WRONG for fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian this Christmas season. Grave Apparel: A Crime of Fashion Mystery (Trade Paperback / Paperback)
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