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Fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian is touring a failing velvet factory in Virginia on its final day of operations-and finds one of the factory owners dead, lashed to a spool of velvet and soaked in blue dye. The workers are delighted, since they blamed the "Blue Devil" for killing their jobs.
But when another nickname, the "Velvet Avenger", makes the rounds, and ribbons of blue velvet start popping up, it could be more than Lacey's job at stake-it could be her life...
But when another nickname, the "Velvet Avenger", makes the rounds, and ribbons of blue velvet start popping up, it could be more than Lacey's job at stake-it could be her life...
About the Author
Ellen Byerrum is a journalist in Washington, D.C., and a produced and published playwright. She holds a Virginia private investigator’s registration. A Colorado native, she lives in Virginia with her husband. Visit her Web site at www.ellenbyerrum.com.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent and page turning fun,
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This review is from: Shot Through Velvet: A Crime of Fashion Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
If you have never read this author I highly recommend you do so. For those of you who enjoy a light mystery with interesting plots, fun characters, humor, witty writing and more this book is for you. Every book she writes is hard to put down. In this latest installment of the Lacey fashion series - oh and don't think that because it is about "fashion" that is snobby,boring or preachy - Lacey is writing a story about the demise of velvet factory near her. Lacey writes a fashion column for a paper but not the type of column you'd see in Vogue. Entertaining mostly and written for real women. She also has a talent for solving mysteries. A murder occurs at the factory and it becomes complicated figuring out who did it by law enforcement as it appears everyone had motive who knew the victim but no one had opportunity. Throw in a tough economy, concern for jobs, your boss involved in the ownership of the factory where murder occured, office politics, a boyfriend who is setting up security for the factory, wedding planning of a friend, visitors from the UK, Valentines Day, following clues and intuition and more woven into a great story and you have the makings of a wonderful book to curl up with. I know I can say that I spent a very enjoyable time reading this book and I'll read it again.
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Am I blue, now that I'm through reading SHOT THROUGH VELVET? Yes, I'm Blue on Blue.,
By Jay - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shot Through Velvet: A Crime of Fashion Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
I just love these Lacey Smithsonian books, and SHOT THROUGH VELVET is a new favorite--well, maybe not as favorite as RAIDERS OF THE LOST CORSET, but it's surely my second-favorite in Ellen Byerrum's CRIMES OF FASHION series.VELVET starts right in the middle of the action: Lacey discovers a dying-by-dyeing when she arrives in Black Martin, Virginia, to interview the owner of Dominion Velvet, America's last velvet factory, Rod Gibbs (a.k.a. the corpse, a.k.a., the Blue Devil), whom she finds lashed to a spool of velvet in a vat of midnight blue dye. There are two particularly wonderful surprises in SHOT THROUGH VELVET, but if I tell you about those, they won't be a surprise now, will they? We get to hang out with the gang once more, Lacey's boyfriend, security analyst Vic Donovan, fellow Pink Collar Coders Stella and Brooke, Brooke's boyfriend Damon (of the DeadFed.com website), Lacey's boss Mac, Eye owner Claudia Darnell, Broadway Lamont of the DC Detective squad, plus Stella's fiance Nigel and his mother Gwendolyn, and Vic's parents Sean and Nadine. Also as always, we spend time with Lacey's co-workers, Disaster King Harlan Wiedemeyer and Queen of Calories, Felicity Pickles. But there's something that makes this book different from the previous volumes in the series. SHOT THROUGH VELVET is shot through with the very serious consequences of the very true-to-life situation America's workers have been going through these past thirty years. The velvet factory isn't just a location for a mystery; it's a metaphor for all the American factories that have closed, and all the factory workers whose jobs have moved to Beijing and Bangalore, and aren't coming back (with thanks to Bruce Springsteen). And that's enough to make us all blue. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Midnight Blue is not a good look for you,
By caressthefro - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shot Through Velvet: A Crime of Fashion Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
Maybe a spoiler:I've read this book twice now and I liked it overall. Ellen Byerrum is really good at describing the death look of the "blue devil". I could just picture how he looked and it wasn't pretty. No one should dye blue. I thought the townspeople were humorous. I honestly thought they were all suspects at some point. No one liked this man whatsoever. At one point I thought they must have plotted against him to knock him off. I felt that this book fit perfectly into the series. I like that we are seeing more of Vic {I have a crush on him hahaha} and the other characters that have shown throughout the series. I really enjoy seeing how all the characters grow through each book. I am interested in Nigel and Stella's wedding. I am still iffy about Nigel and his intentions, but we'll see how that plays out. We didn't see much of Damon in this book ... slightly disappointed. Even though I'm not his biggest fan, but I'm used to seeing some conspiracy unfold before my eyes. I'm curious how Vic and Lacey end up. It's hinting at marriage {ever so slightly}, but Lacey has prior experience of running when the guy gets too serious. Anyways, please read the book! It's enjoyable. 3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
complex journalist investigative tale,
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Shot Through Velvet: A Crime of Fashion Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
Lacey Smithsonian writes her column Crimes and Fashion for the Washington DC based Eye Street Observer. The columnist is a murder magnet (see Grave Apparel, and Armed and Glamorous) so sometimes she writes about a homicide investigation. However murder is the last thing on Lacey's mind when she attends the Dominion Velvet Plant's closure due to the imports arriving from China and India.Everyone is horrified to see a corpse tied to a roll of blue velvet in a vat of dye. The section worker recognizes the victim as part owner Rid Gibbs. Listening to chatter, Lacey learns Gibbs made enemies in his personal life including his wife and at the firm when he cheated people and fired them without cause. To complicate the case, Lacey's boss is a part owner too. A strip of blue velvet is sent to her boss and at Gibb's funeral there is a strip in his hand. Lacey visits board member Walt only to find him dead and holding that same blue velvet strip in his hand. The killer targets the publisher while Lacey, knowing the danger she places herself in, targets ending the killer's reign of terror. Ellen Byerrum writes a clever, complex and obviously colorful journalist investigative tale that will have readings singing Bobby Vinton's tune Blue Velvet every time the protagonist trips over a murdered body. With a humorous romantic subplot to enhance the whodunit and filled with action, but character driven by Lacey, fans will enjoy her latest murder investigation. Harriet Klausner |
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