Death on Heels
 
The eighth in the Crime of Fashion series, on sale February 2012
 
Sometimes you want to get your characters out of town, out of their comfort zone. Mix things up, throw them new experiences, revisit old memories. So in Death on Heels, my heroine Lacey Smithsonian returns to Sagebrush, Colorado, the scruffy, rough-and-tumble, boom-and- bust town where she earned her spurs as a young reporter—and where the man she once loved has been accused of three murders.

 

Sending Lacey back to her reporting roots sent me back to mine—to the real town I call “Sagebrush.” Sagebrush has changed in some ways and remains frozen in amber in others. Landmarks I looked for had been torn (or burned) down. Fast food joints (and Wal-Marts) have sprung up like mushrooms. But the bleached bones of long-dead cows still dot the barren, sagebrush-covered landscape, the highway signs are still riddled with bullet holes, and the denizens still believe they live in God’s own country. Highlights: interviewing a legendary cowboy, Monty Sheridan, about the endangered cowboy way of life. Hiking through the sagebrush to find an old abandoned cabin—and a friendly wild horse. For  Death on Heels, I wanted to take Lacey for the Wild West, boots-and-saddles, Last Frontier ride of her life. I think she got it.

Ellen Byerrum is a novelist, playwright, former Washington, D.C., news reporter, and holder of a private investigator's registration in Virginia. Her Crime of Fashion mysteries star a savvy, stylish female sleuth: Lacey Smithsonian, a reluctant fashion reporter in Washington D.C., "The City Fashion Forgot." 
     Lacey wants to work "hard news," but her nose for nuance, eye for a great story, and talent for getting into trouble all make her the right reporter for the Crimes of Fashion beat. In her vintage suits and killer heels, she trips over fashion clues, fabulous shoes, dangerous women, drop-dead men, and the occasional corpse (who wouldn't want to be caught dead dressed like that). 
     Ellen and her fictional friend Lacey Smithsonian share a balcony view of the Potomac River and a love for vintage clothes, as well as their humorous viewpoints on life, love, mystery, fashion, and the wild and wacky world of Our Nation's Capital.
Photo (c) Joe Henson 2007
 
    
HEADLINE NEWS:  Death on Heels  arrives in February! You can preorder it now (and read Chapter 1 here). Shot Through Velvet won a highly prized starred review from Publishers Weekly. (Read Chapter 1.) To follow me on Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal, see my Contact page. And to find my books, just check out my new Buy my books page.  Happy New Year!
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Lacey's eighth adventure, Death on Heels, will be published soon. Her seventh, Shot Through Velvet, is now available in bookstores, online, and as an e-book, along with my other six Crime of Fashion mysteries. Click each cover below to read more. Visit me at my blog, on Facebook or on Twitter, or email me at  laceysmithsonian@yahoo.comI love hearing from you!   ~Ellen 
 
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