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Dead Is the New Black (Laura Carnegie Mysteries, #1)

Christine DeMaio-Rice (Pseudonym)

Start date: February 2, 2014

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Feb 09, 2014 Deanna❤Pink Lady❤️ rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc

4 Couture Stars

Well, Well.....CD Reiss is a master manipulator of writing!! I was first introduced to her writing style in her Songs of Submission Series. That entire series blew me away and I quickly became a super fan. She has the ability to write such beautiful words with the most heartfelt meaning. I can feel what she is writing through the power of her pen(I guess computer now).

So, this book is a mystery. That is right, a mystery with no sex. It almost made me shiver with that thought- ...more

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Feb 01, 2014 Elle aka Leftie aka Shoebelle rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1click-without-a-peek

3.5*-4.0*

If Devil Wears Prada gave you the inside feel of what goes on in fashion mag biz, this will do the same but in the fashion industry itself. I happen to love fashion so I really enjoyed all the details that CDR wrote in this one. I even pictured Laura, the h, and her sis like the Mulleavy sisters of the Rodarte label. And yes, this is fiction but the whole time I was reading it, l was wondering who the characters can be IRL.

Anyhoot, enough of that rambling. I thought the story itself mov ...more

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Aug 22, 2012 Bekah rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: read-and-reviewed

Lauren is a fashionista turned amature sleuth. As a patternmaker in New York City's garment district, she gives us a close look at how high-end clothing is made, from cutting on the bias to picking the right thread to sew on a button. Think along the lines of "The Devil Wears Prada" or "Project Runway".

The story begins about a week before a major fashion show. Her whole office is in a whirl preparing. Hardworking Lauren comes into work on a weekend, only to find her boss (the dashing gay man sh ...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Tony rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Nov 05, 2013 Tara West rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

After reading some of the reviews that this book was boggled down with fashion jargon, I was a bit hesitant to read Dead is the New Black. I'm so glad I did. Yes, there's a lot of fashion jargon, but the author explains it in a way that is interesting and relevant to the plot. Considering that Laura, the main character, designs clothing that costs more than my first car (actually more than my first four cars), and considering that I do most of my designer shopping at Target, I was also worried t ...more

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