Fatal In My Fashion by Patricia McGerr. Hardback edition published by Collins Crime Club in 1955. Complete with unclipped dust jacket.

It might be a wet February day in Paris, but nothing is going to dampen the spirits of those going to attend St Pierre’s fashion show. Expectations are running high, wondering what will be the next big thing, and a lot of this circles around St Pierre himself, who has a larger than life personality. The finale of his show is known as Pierrescence and everybody is desperate to know what this is. Yet this finale draws shock and surprise for a much deadlier reason, namely the discovery that under the cover of darkness during this period, Emily Stone has been murdered. Emily is not a model, in fact she is an attendant to and sister of Sarah-Anne, who is St Pierre’s most important mannequin. Yet she is no pushover and it is hard to find somebody Emily didn’t quarrel with. In particular she was forever making excessive demands of St Pierre, threatening to withdraw Sarah-Anne, if not appeased and she had no scruples when it came to making money and looking after her own interests.

Very good general condition. Pages a little yellowed but clean and tightly bound with a slight slant. A little minor edge wear and one small split at the hinge of the fold in flap to the dust jacket. A very nice copy. 

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