Designer Dirty Laundry

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Samantha Kidd, ex-buyer turned Trend Specialist, designed her future with couture precision, but finding the Fashion Director's corpse on Day One leaves her hanging by a thread. When the killer fabricates evidence that puts the cops on her hemline, her new life begins to unravel. She trades high fashion for dirty laundry and reveals a cast of designers out for blood. Now this flatfoot in heels must keep pace with a diabolical designer before she gets marked down for murder. ...
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Samantha Kidd, ex-buyer turned Trend Specialist, designed her future with couture precision, but finding the Fashion Director's corpse on Day One leaves her hanging by a thread. When the killer fabricates evidence that puts the cops on her hemline, her new life begins to unravel. She trades high fashion for dirty laundry and reveals a cast of designers out for blood. Now this flatfoot in heels must keep pace with a diabolical designer before she gets marked down for murder.
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Publishers Weekly
Vallere's decades of experience in the fashion industry don't quite translate into entertaining storytelling in this middling cozy. Samantha Kidd takes a professional gamble—leaving her secure job as senior buyer of ladies' designer shoes in New York City to become the trend specialist at Traveda—a family owned company in her hometown of Ribbon, Pa. But the first day at her new job couldn't be worse: she finds her fashion director boss, Patrick, dead in an elevator, and after the EMTs arrive to transport the corpse, the body vanishes. With the only person able to verify her employer dead, and no actual body to examine, the police are naturally skeptical of her story. Determined to restore her reputation, Kidd sets about playing detective. Patrick's scheduled involvement in an upcoming design competition—he was to be one of the judges—is one of several motives Kidd investigates. Her bravado ("Some crazy killer out there was going about to learn one thing. You don't mess with the Kidd") comes across as silly rather than convincing, and the intelligence Kidd must have had to succeed in her field is sadly absent in her avocation as amateur sleuth.
Kirkus Reviews - Staff Reviewer
The likable Sam, who initially appears flighty and quirky, will grow on readers: She develops from a self-conscious, seemingly none-too-bright fashionista into a confident woman determined to do what’s right and nab the real killer. ...the book is enriched by the author’s cleverly phrased prose and convincing characterization. The surprise ending will satisfy and delight many mystery fans.


A diverting mystery that offers laughs and chills.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780984965304
  • Publisher: Polyester Press
  • Publication date: 6/1/2012
  • Pages: 264
  • Sales rank: 568,826
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 9.00 (h) x 0.55 (d)

Meet the Author

Diane is a textbook Capricorn who writes mysteries and loves clothes. She launched her own detective agency at ten years old and has maintained a passion for shoes, clues, and clothes ever since.
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  • Posted September 15, 2012

    Highly recommend

    Fun, kept me guessing. The characters are believable. I didn't know who the killer was until the end. Great read.

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  • Posted August 11, 2012

    This is a really fun mystery with a chick lit feel. I loved it.

    This is a really fun mystery with a chick lit feel. I loved it. The fashion aspects of the novel feel very real--you can tell the author has spent time in the fashion industry. Samantha Kidd is a character you want to see succeed. Something about this novel evoked nostalgia in me. In some ways it felt like a read of a script for an old Doris Day comedy--and I mean that in the best way. This book was like comfort food for me.

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  • Posted July 11, 2012

    A Great Read

    A terrific murder mystery that grabs your attention in the first chapter. Samantha Kidd stumbles upon a dead body and ends up becoming the main suspect in the murder. As she tries to investigate and clear her name, she only ends up putting herself in further jeopardy. This is a great read by Diane Vallere with excellent characters and plot. I hope Samantha Kidd makes a return....she is a fun, quirky designer/detective.

    I've already pre-orderded Diane Vallere's next book, Pillow Stalkings.

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