Murder, She Wrote: Design For Murder
Murder, She Wrote #45
by Donald Bain, Renee Paley-Bain
Obsidian
Mystery, Mystery: Cozy
April 5, 2016
ISBN-10: 0451477812
ISBN-13: 9780451477811
Available in: Hardcover
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Murder, She Wrote: Design For Murder
by Donald Bain, Renee Paley-Bain
In the newest in the USA Today bestselling mystery
series, Jessica Fletcher visits New York City during fashion
week, only to discover someone has rather fatal
designs…
Jessica is in Manhattan to attend the debut of a new
designer. Formerly Sandy Black of Cabot Cove, the young man
has reinvented himself as Xandr Ebon, and is introducing his
evening wear collection to the public and—more
important—to the industry’s powers-that-be: the
stylists, the magazine editors, the buyers, and the wealthy
clientele who can make or break him. At the show, the glitz
and glamour are dazzling until a young model—a novice,
taking her first walk down the runway—shockingly
collapses and dies. Natural causes? Perhaps. But when
another model is found dead, a famous cover girl and darling
of the paparazzi, the fashion world gets nervous.
Two models. Two deaths. Their only connection? Xandr Ebon.
Jessica’s crime-solving instincts are put to the test
as she sorts through the egos, the conflicts of interest,
the spiteful accusations, and the secrets, all the while
keeping an amorous detective at arm’s length. But
she’ll have to dig deep to uncover a killer. A
designer’s career is on the line. And another model
could perish in a New York minute.
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Donald Bain's Bio
Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher's longtime collaborator, is the author or ghost/author of more than 80 books, many of them bestsellers. Among his books, the airline comedy, Coffee Tea or Me?, published almost 30 years ago, together with its sequels sold more than 5-million copies worldwide and was the basis of a television movie-of-the-week.
Bain is a graduate of Purdue University and received its highest award for his work in educational radio and television. (He was designated a Purdue "Distinguished Alumni" for 2003.) He went on to work professionally in broadcasting in Texas and Indiana, and co-hosted more than 200 shows in New York with Long John Nebel, then king of late-night talk-radio.
A public relations executive for McCann-Erickson and American Airlines, Bain also was a consultant to Pan Am for the introduction of the 747, the takeover of National Airlines, and a national campaign to promote air travel. Two of these projects earned Silver Anvil awards from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). In 1985, with his wife, he co-founded Hyphenates, Ltd., which has provided editorial services to a wide variety of companies.
Bain has worked for over 30 years as a professional jazz musician, has taught at the college level and has written myriad magazine articles. He is a member of Sigma Delta Chi, the Writer's Guild of America, the Authors Guild, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the Mystery Writers of America.
Don Bain is married to Renée Paley-Bain, also a writer, and who collaborates with him on the "Murder, She Wrote" series. He has two grown daughters and four grandsons.