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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I'd read the first four books in the Crime of Fashion series some time back, so when this turned up on Janet Rudolph's list of Christmas-themed mysteries, I decided not to wait until next Christmas season to read it. Lacey Smithsonian, fashion columnist for a "local" Washington, DC newspaper (so, not the WaPo), is beginning to get a reputation for solving crimes. She has been blamed for an editorial against Christmas sweaters which was actually written by the hyper-PC Cassandra Wentworth from the editorial page. As Lacey is getting ready for the office Christmas party, she gets a complaining phone call from Cassandra. Not long after, her phone rings again with a call from the same person -- though tempted not to, she answers it and hears a child's voice telling her to come quickly to the alley behind the building because the phone's owner has been attacked. Thus Lacey saves Cassandra's life. But why was she attacked, why was she wearing the food editor's Christmas sweater, and what about the child? Before the tale ends, there will be murders, a bit of Lacey's romance with Vic Donovan, and a thrilling conclusion with a happy Christmas ending. Recommended for those who like their mysteries a bit more soft-boiled. The descriptions of Lacey's clothes (she's into 40s vintage) are a bonus. ( ) A really fun series, love the fashion bites articles. Very entertaining and smart. Lacey Smithsonian is caught up in the Christmas spirit, but not all of her coworkers feel the same way. One even going so far as to write an editorial deriding anyone gauche enough to wear those "tacky" holiday sweaters. Cassandra, the author of the editorial, is promptly attacked in an alleyway and left for dead. A little homeless girl saves her life by calling Lacey's cell phone from Cassandra's. Now Lacey has been ordered to figure out who attacked Cassandra and to save the homeless girl and her sister. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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The voice of a frightened child draws fashion reporter and sometime sleuth Lacey Smithsonian down and dark alley in Washington, D.C., and deep into a mystery that endangers more than just her Christmas spirit. On the eve of The Eye Street Observer's holiday party, the newspaper's crankiest Grinch falls victim to a mysterious assailant in a Santa Claus cap-A rival journalist, a political terrorist, an enraged reader or something far more sinister? Both the victim's life and Lacey's newsroom are full of suspects, and what's her boyfriend Vic secretly building in his garage? Lacey's caught in a Christmas crossfire! Her holiday glow is fading faster than reindeer can fly. The key is an elusive runaway child in a shepherd's robe and to save Christmas, Lacey will have to play shepherd herself. Can she find one little lamb lost in the wintry wilderness of Washington--before the wolf finds them both? No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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