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THERE ARE NO SECRETS IN A DRESSING ROOM

Which is why the perfect person to solve a behind-the-scenes mystery in the Golden Age of Hollywood is legendary costume designer Edith Head.

Los Angeles in the 1930s and '40s, when the silver screen was at its brightest … making the shadows around it even darker. Wised-up once-aspiring-actress Lillian Frost meets Edith Head during a murder investigation. Together, they turn Tinseltown on its ear. Blending fact and fiction, the books feature “two smart, resourceful heroines and starry cameos around every corner,” says Edgar Award-winning author Megan Abbott.

AS SEEN ON TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES
FEATURED ON NPR'S SUMMER READING LIST

NOMINATED FOR THE AGATHA, ANTHONY, LEFT COAST CRIME, AND MACAVITY AWARDS 

 



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"Great fun ... just a delight, a lovely mystery."

Nancy Pearl on Design for Dying

"Lovers of old movies, fabulous gowns, and historical gossip will be enchanted."

Publishers Weekly on Dangerous to Know

"They don't make 'em like this anymore—so it's a good thing Renee Patrick is here to write 'em."

Eddie Muller, host of Turner Classic Movies’ Noir Alley

“A beguiling champagne cocktail of a crime novel”

New York Times bestselling-author Louise Penny on

Design for Dying


CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD. VINTAGE MURDER.

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Lillian and Edith inspire original music and conversation.

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