Fashion Crimes

When a $3 million Bulgari diamond necklace disappears into thin air during a locked photo shoot, the suspects are all on set. There’s the magazine’s new editor-in-chief with much to prove, the tarnished photographer she’s indebted to, the fallen star who swooped in when her young rival got sick, and the grandiose stylist. But it’s the lowly assistant who must solve the case—and find the gems before taking the blame.

When Jagat Murari, a young film student in post-war America, finds himself at the feet of one of cinema’s true giants – Orson Welles – during the making of Macbeth in 1947, the lessons he absorbs on that set will shape not only his future, but also the future of Indian cinema. Returning to...

A stylish and hilarious novel about the lives and loves of well-to-do young Manhattanites in their first year on Wall Street, destined to become one of the year's most buzzed-about debuts. Mergers & Acquisitions is the story of Tommy Quinn, a recent Georgetown grad who has just landed the job of...

An enticing historical mystery that follows a crime-solving female reporter in the glamorous world of 1920s Manhattan, from the author of The Deep End. “Sex and the City, circa 1920.” —Kirkus Reviews This writer just found her next scoop … and it’s deadly. New York, 1925: Freddie...

Both the skeleton and the corpse have died with suspicious convenience for Georgia Wells, a monstrous but charming actress with a raffish entourage. Georgia's best friend just happens to be Valentine, a top couturière and Campion's sister. In order to protect Valentine, Campion must unravel a story of blackmail and ruthless murder....

It's 1973 and Mona Glass is a 24-year-old amateur tennis star in a long-running affair with Saul Plotz, her former college professor. Her parents like Saul and desperately want the free-spirited Mona to marry. But 34-year-old Saul already has a wife and two children. One day, Saul happens on an...

Affiliato quasi per caso a una potente cosca palermitana, Timothy Casanova è quanto di più lontano si possa immaginare da un mafioso: un dongiovanni fashion, di nobili origini, amante dei bei vestiti e del lusso sfrenato, mosso più dalla brama di divertimenti ed eccessi che non da quella di potere. Eppure, suo malgrado, si ritrova a rivestire i panni dell'uomo di fiducia del boss Vito Sapienza, dal quale è incaricato di svolgere un compito assai delicato: rintracciare nel capoluogo lombardo suo fratello Riccardo, rapito da un pericoloso cartello della droga colombiano.

As the top model for the Ivano King fashion house and girlfriend of the label's founder, Ian King, Kirsty was destined for stardom. But when she is found dead in her flat, D.I. Angela Costello is called to the scene. D.I. Costello's investigation leads her to the local gym, and as she delves deeper, she discovers a seedy underworld of theft, addiction, and prostitution lurking behind the glamorous façade of the fashion world.

Il 15 luglio 1997 Gianni Versace si è svegliato presto, come sempre quando è a Miami. È una bella giornata e lo stilista va a fare colazione al News Cafè, a pochi passi da Casa Casuarina. Ha acquistato la solita mazzetta di quotidiani, ha fatto una breve passeggiata lungo Ocean Drive e ora sta rientrando tranquillamente a casa. Per Versace è un momento magico: ha da poco superato una brutta malattia, per lui la vita è tornata a splendere. È pieno di idee e nel "buen retiro" di Miami la rockstar della moda sta pianificando le sue prossime collezioni.