A Fashionable Fatality - A Lady and Lady's Maid Mystery

A house party attended by fashion royalty becomes the backdrop for a murder that only Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her ladys maid, Eva Huntford, can untangle . . .
 
Amid the aftermath of the Great War and its hardships, its no wonder that many wish to rediscover lifes pleasuresparties, fashion, dancing. Still, Lady Phoebe and Eva are disconcerted when a small gathering at the home of Phoebes sister, Julia, becomes a far larger and more glamorous affair . . .
 
Julia has invited her favorite French fashion designer, Gabrielle Coco Chanel, and Cocos current beau, the Earl of Chesterhaven. Coco has brought an entourage of her own, including two models, and intends to use the gardens as a photographic setting for her latest creations.
 
Madame Chanel is as outspoken as she is talented, offering a scathing critique of Phoebes fashion sense. There is tense competition between the models as well. When one of the guests is found dead of smoke inhalation, it appears to be a tragic accident. But was a footman really to blame for mistakenly closing the fireplace flue, or is there a more sinister explanation?
 
Phoebe is determined to find out, despite the protestations of her sweetheart, Owen Seabright.  Both above and below stairs, Phoebe and Eva uncover myriad motivescareer ambition, romantic rivalries, and even deeper betrayals. For despite the surface beauty, there are ugly secrets in the world of Maison Chanel, ones that a killer will risk anything to protect.
 
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