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    Diane Vallere 
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    Samantha Kidd, a former fashion 
buyer in New York turned amateur sleuth, returning to her home town, 
fictional Ribbon, Pennsylvania, in the Style & Error mysteries: | 
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    Designer Dirty Laundry (2012) 
      Buyer, Beware (2013)  | 
    The Brim Reaper (2013) 
      Some Like It Haute (2015)  | 
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    Madison Night, an interior 
decorator who models her life on Doris Day, in Dallas, Texas, in the 
Mad for Mod mysteries: | 
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    Pillow Stalk (2013) 
      That Touch of Ink (2013)  | 
    With Vics You Get Eggroll (2014)  | 
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    Polyester 
“Poly” Monroe, a dress designer inheriting her 
family’s textile store, in fictional San Ladrón, 
California, in the Material Witness mysteries: | 
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    Suede to Rest (2014) 
         
      Crushed Velvet (2015) 
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    Silk Stalkings (2016)  | 
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    Margo Tamblyn, a former magician's assistant, returning home to run Disguise DeLimit, her family's costume shop, in Proper City, Nevada, in the Costume Shop mysteries: | 
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    A Disguise To Die For (2016) 
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    Masking for Trouble (2016)  | 
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    Non-fiction: | 
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    Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction (2022) [editor] 
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