Ellen Byerrum





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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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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Average rating: 3.69 · 2,150 ratings · 194 reviews · 8 distinct works
Killer Hair (Crime of Fashi...
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 563 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions
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Designer Knockoff (Crime of...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 350 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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Hostile Makeover (Crime of ...
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions
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Raiders of the Lost Corset ...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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Grave Apparel (Crime of Fas...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions
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Armed and Glamorous (Crime ...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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Shot Through Velvet (Crime ...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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Death on Heels (A Crime of ...
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions
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More books by Ellen Byerrum…
Killer Hair Designer Knockoff Hostile Makeover Raiders of the Lost Corset Grave Apparel Armed and Glamorous Shot Through Velvet
Crime of Fashion (8 books)
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