Ellen Byerrum

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Ellen Byerrum is a Washington, D.C., news reporter, novelist and playwright. She also holds a Virginia private investigator's registration. Her Crime of Fashion mysteries star a savvy, stylish sleuth: Lacey Smithsonian, a reluctant fashion reporter in Washington D.C., "The City Fashion Forgot."
Lacey would rather be working "hard news," but her nose for nuance, eye for a great story, and talent for getting into trouble make her the right reporter for the Crimes of Fashion beat. In her vintage suits and killer heels, she trips over fashion clues, fabulous shoes, dangerous women, drop-dead men, and of course the occasional corpse (who wouldn't be caught dead dressed like that).
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Never Would Have Seen that Skull, Sitting at My Computer

When I read a novel, I want to be able to picture the world the writer has created. I want to see it, hear it, taste it, feel it, and breathe it. I don’t want a wonderfully unique place to seem like Anywhere USA, as interchangeable as the big box store in a retail strip mall. It may come from many years as a reporter or just being nosy, but I want the details. I want them to feel real, even if...

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Books by Ellen Byerrum

Average rating: 3.69 · 2,150 ratings · 194 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Killer Hair (Crime of Fashion, #1) 3.61 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Designer Knockoff (Crime of Fashion, #2) 3.76 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Hostile Makeover (Crime of Fashion, #3) 3.68 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Raiders of the Lost Corset (Crime of Fashion, #4) 3.67 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Grave Apparel (Crime of Fashion, #5) 3.81 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Armed and Glamorous (Crime of Fashion, #6) 3.71 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Shot Through Velvet (Crime of Fashion, #7) 3.67 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Death on Heels (A Crime of Fashion Mystery #8) 3.88 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Crime of Fashion (8 books)
by Ellen Byerrum

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