Shot Through Velvet
by: Ellen Byerrum
(Author's Website)
The body was blue. Not merely wearing blue, he was blue—and not the blue pallor of death. He was sapphire from head to toe, a deep shade of mood indigo.
(A Crime of Fashion Mystery #7)
Obsidian, February 2011
336 pages
From the Publisher:
Fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian is touring a failing velvet factory in Virginia on its final day of operations—and finds one of the factory owners dead, lashed to a spool of velvet and soaked in blue dye. The workers are delighted, since they blamed the “Blue Devil” for killing their jobs. But when another nickname, the “Velvet Avenger”, makes the rounds, and ribbons of blue velvet start popping up, it could be more than Lacey’s job at stake-it could be her life...
Quick Thoughts on This Book From Julie:
This is the seventh book in this series but it's the first one I've read. I got into this book very quickly and found it easy to read. The characters are fun and likable - though I did feel I was missing a lot of history by jumping into the series on the seventh book - I'm anxious to back up and start from book one! The mystery of who "strung up the blue devil" and dyed him blue was fun to follow along with - there are enough suspects to keep you guessing though most of the book. Overall a very good Cozy Mystery!
