"The Devil Wears Prada meets Murder She Wrote."--Gretchen Archer, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Davis Way Crime Caper Series Meet Samantha Kidd.Ex-buyer turned trend specialist turns amateur sleuth. She designed her future with couture precision, but finding the fashion director's corpse on day one leaves her hanging by a thread. And when the killer fabricates evidence that puts the cops on her hemline, even a chance run-in with hot shoe designer Nick Taylor can't keep her life from unravelling. She trades high fashion for dirty laundry and reveals a cast of designers out for blood: including Nick! Now her job, her love life, and her future are put on hold as she tries to outpace a diabolical designer before getting marked down for murder. Books in the Humorous Samantha Kidd Mystery Series:"Just Kidding" (short story)#1 DESIGNER DIRTY LAUNDRY#2 BUYER, BEWARE#3 THE BRIM REAPER#4 SOME LIKE IT HAUTE#5 GRAND THEFT RETRO#6 PEARLS GONE WILD#7 CEMENT STILETTOS#8 PANTY RAIDSlip on your comfy clothes and binge on the amateur detective who puts the "shoe" in "gumshoe." Or maybe it's the "gum." Either way, Samantha Kidd is on the case!

Designer Dirty Laundry (Style in a Small Town)

Literature & Fiction

Vallere, Diane

Humor & Satire

Polyester Press

Interior Decorator Madison Night has modeled her life after Doris Day's character in Pillow Talk, but when a killer targets women dressed like the bubbly actress, Madison's signature sixties style places her in the middle of a homicide investigation. The local detective connects the new crimes to a twenty-year old cold case, and Madison's long-trusted contractor emerges as the leading suspect. As the body count piles up like a stack of plush pillows, Madison uncovers a Soviet spy, a campaign to destroy all Doris Day movies, and six minutes of film that will change her life forever.

Pillow Stalk

Diane Vallere

Amateur Sleuth Samantha Kidd is in over her head. With no job prospects on the horizon, former fashion buyer Samantha Kidd convinces boyfriend and shoe designer Nick Taylor to give her a job. But when close friend Eddie asks for help with an exhibit of vintage Hollywood costumes, she splits her time between romance and comedy--until a dead man claims all of her attention. Brimming with good intentions, she loops in the cops, but after one too many cloche calls, she's knee-deep in mystery. If she can tear the lid off the investigation, it might mean a feather in her fedora. And if she can't? She might get capped.

The Brim Reaper (Style in a Small Town Mystery)

Out-of-work fashion expert Samantha Kidd is strapped. But when the buyer of handbags for a hot new retailer turns up dead and Samantha is recruited for the job, the opportunity comes with a caveat: she's expected to find some answers. With shoe designer Nick Taylor off in Italy her romantic life is on hold--until she turns to a sexy stranger for help (with humorous results!). But as the walls close around her like a snug satin lining, Samantha must get a handle on the mystery or risk being caught in the killer's clutches.

Buyer, Beware (Style in a Small Town Mystery)

That Touch of Ink

When interior decorator Madison Night receives a five thousand dollar bill in the mail, she knows it's a message from her past. But when she discovers a corpse while trying to learn of the bill's value, Madison suspects her former lover wants more than a reconciliation. His actions belie his intentions, and even a gallon of daisy yellow paint can't hide the writing on the wall. Madison follows a circuit of rare dollars and common sense and discovers a counterfeit operation, a jealous lover, and the true value of her independence.

If you can't stand the heat, get off the runway!Fashion expert and amateur sleuth Samantha Kidd is in the hot seat. After agreeing to help her ex-boyfriend's former girlfriend with a runway show, her post-break-up life turns explosive. She recruits Dante, a smokin' hot photographer, to turn up the heat on the investigation (and her lukewarm love life) but even the third degree won't expose an angry arsonist. Samantha's curiosity leads her into another inferno, and this time she either faces the fire...or becomes toast.

Some Like It Haute: Style & Error #4 (Style in a Small Town Mystery)

Designer Dirty Laundry is the first book in the feel-good Samantha Kidd mystery series. If you like witty protagonists, clever dialogue, and fashion-forward drama, then you'll love Diane Vallere's chic story.

Designer Dirty Laundry: A Samantha Kidd Mystery (Killer Fashion Mystery Series)

Amateur sleuth Samantha Kidd’s life is finally on track. It’s her normally cultured friend Cat whose life has lost its luster: eight months pregnant and abandoned by her husband the week before Christmas. She ropes Samantha into helping at her boutique, but a string of jewelry thefts threatens her business. And when Cat’s husband is found strangled with pearls inside the shop, the last thing she’s concerned with is profit. Samantha tries to get a bead on the killer, but when the suspects all clam up, she’s left tangled in knots. Add in an unexpected proposal, a flirtatious friend, and a brand new detective, and this is bound to be Samantha’s wildest adventure yet. Books in the Humorous Samantha Kidd Mystery Series:"Just Kidding" (short story)#1 DESIGNER DIRTY LAUNDRY#2 BUYER, BEWARE#3 THE BRIM REAPER#4 SOME LIKE IT HAUTE#5 GRAND THEFT RETRO#6 PEARLS GONE WILDPerfect for the beach, the bath, or the line outside of the fitting room.(and way more fun than shopping for bathing suits under fluorescent lights.)National Bestselling Author brings you fashion, mystery, and humor in one stylish package.Get to know Samantha Kidd today!

Pearls Gone Wild (Style in a Small Town Mystery)

Designer Dirty Laundry: A Samantha Kidd Style & Error Mystery (1)

Literary

Through Tick & Tinn: The True Story of the Greatest Unknown Comedy Team Ever Known

“I worked with one of the most famous comedy teams of all time, Rowan and Martin, on “Laugh-In.” Before that I had worked with the Ritz Brothers, the Marx Brothers, Abbott &amp; Costello, Martin &amp; Lewis, Tim Conway &amp; Harvey Korman (and of course, Nixon &amp; Agnew). This book comes as close as anything I’ve seen to capturing the lifestyle, tribulations and careers of two people who are dependent on each other for laughs and their livelihood.” ~George Schlatter, Producer, Rowan &amp; Martin's "Laugh-In" and the founder of the American Comedy Awards -- Say “Martin &amp; Lewis.” They’ll say, “A phenomenon!” Say “Rowan &amp; Martin.” They’ll say, “Laugh-In!” Say “Tick &amp; Tinn.” They’ll say, “You mean the tailors?” Finally, Josh Hickman bravely attempts to right a tragic comedic travesty which has persisted in the annals of entertainment for decades longer than it should have. Unmercifully digging through personal interviews, yellowed press clippings, grainy videotapes, scratchy kinescopes, scratchier comedy albums, and reams of questionable anecdotes, Mr. Hickman has managed to do the unthinkable—to piece together the most coherent portrait possible of the life of one of the last great comedy teams of the era. Through rifts, marriages, divorces, and an infamous accusation of joke-theft, Jerry Tick and Larry Tinn persevered undaunted, spreading laughter through memorable challenges such as “The Pope Lick Monster” controversy, Jerry’s comedy cult involvement, and facing on live television Hobarth Goetz, “The Man Who Couldn’t Laugh.” -- "Writer Josh Hickman may just be the new Patrick Dennis with Through Tick &amp; Tinn, his outrageously funny faux bio, which illuminates through laughter the preposterous business of fame, (mis)fortune, and the tough work of making comedy.”~Max Ember, TV &amp; Screenwriter (and the only man alive to remember Charlie Callas)

Humor & Entertainment

Hickman, Josh

Humor

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