Suede to Rest by Diane Vallere
Unraveling family secrets can be murder in Suede to Rest..THE FIRST BOK IN THE AL-NEW MATERIAL WITNES MYSTERY SERIES With her career as a dress designer in shreds, Polyester Monroe is looking forward to a fresh start. But as it all unfolds, the pattern to a new beginning looks a lot like murder. When Poly Monroe was little, she loved playing in her family's textile store. But after a fatal family tragedy, Land of A Thousand Fabrics was boarded up and Poly never expected to see the inside again. Now, as inheritor of the long-shuttered shop, she's ready to restore the family business. However her two new kittens, Pins and Needles, aren't the ones causing a snag in her plans. Not everyone wants Poly back in San Ladr n, especially a powerful local developer pressuring her to sell--and leave town fast. But even when the threats turn deadly, she's not ready to bolt. Because Poly is beginning to suspect that the murder behind the shop is tied to a mystery in her family's unsettled past that she's determined to solve.before her own life is left hanging by a thread. INCLUDES A CRAFT PROJECT
Diane Vallere is a mystery author who has published over twenty-five books. Her Material Witness Mysteries (Penguin Random House) and Costume Shop Mysteries (Penguin Random House) were both national bestsellers and Lefty Award nominees (best comedic mystery). She also writes the Madison Night Crazy for Mod Mystery Series for Henery Press and publishes the Samantha Kidd Style & Error, Sylvia Stryker Space Case, and Mermaid Cozy Mystery series under her own label, Polyester Press. MURDER-A-GO-GO's: Murder Fiction Inspired by the Music of the Go-Gos (Down & Out Publications) is the most recent anthology to which she has contributed short pieces. Diane is still an active member of Sisters in Crime, having served as president of both the local (Los Angeles) and national boards.
She is now editing PROMOPHOBIA, a collection of articles on promotion for writers, which will be published by Wildside Press in 2020 as her legacy project for the organization. She's been to the Malice Domestic Mystery Convention, Bouchercon, Left Coast Crime, and New England Crime Bake, and she's been a co-chair of the California Crime Writers Conference. She has an active newsletter with more than 8,000 subscribers and is active on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. Weekly DiVa, which began as a weekly newsletter and has grown to encourage and inspire personal improvement among women over forty, is her creative director.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780425270578 |
| ISBN 10 | 0425270572 |
| Title | Suede to Rest |
| Author | Diane Vallere |
| Series | A Material Witness Mystery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2014-11-04 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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