Going in Style - Softcover

Robert Grossbach

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446924857 ISBN 13: 9780446924856

Publisher: Warner Books, 1979

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Dallas O'Connor, the frazzled stylist for the high-end merchandiser The Store (think Neiman Marcus), becomes the number one suspect when the teenaged modeling sensation Ileana is found dead—knifed to death on the set Dallas spent all night constructing for the retailer's catalogue shoot. The fact that she's on the lam doesn't help her cause any, even though she's running at gunpoint wielded by hunky young Cuban artist/photographer Raul Domingo, who swears he didn't commit murder either, despite being seen with a knife near the body. Unfortunately, every place the two run to becomes a crime scene. Studios are torched, homes go up in smoke, cars explode, snipers take potshots at them, and when a missing roll of film finally shows up, it creates even more confusion: Did Raul photograph Ileana or an aging look-alike, the gorgeous April, about to be dumped from the Duchesse cosmetics campaign? And where is Leo, agent extraordinaire, last seen leaving Dallas and carrying a jumbo-size bag of croissants with something extra tucked in the bottom? Dallas is fired, rehired, and works disguise wonders with duct tape, hair dye, and Salvation Army finds—all this while more bodies pile up in the cutthroat fashion industry.Lippy heroine and pacing a workaholic would love, too much motive crammed into too little space—like a size 16 trying to squeeze into a 10. -- Copyright © 2000 Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Stylist Dallas O'Connor, who arranges fashion shoots for a major Dallas, Tex., department store, makes a charming debut in this light, fast-paced mystery. A hectic and sometimes chaotic life hardly prepares Dallas for finding a knife-wielding man next to a young model's dead body on the set of an upcoming photo shoot. The manACuban photographer Raul DomingoAprotests his innocence, claiming that he picked up the knife accidentally. After learning that the police view her as the chief suspect, Dallas agrees to join Raul in a hunt for some photos that they hope will clear them both of the murder charge. While they're searching the files of a famous photographer inside his studio, however, someone sets fire to the place. Now Dallas's life gets even more complicated, as an on-the-scene news camera catches her and Raul running from the burning building. Convinced that her good friend and agent, Leo, will come to her aid, Dallas is horrified when he winds up dead. Who would brutally murder a model and a fashion agent? Only after a few makeovers for herself and Raul and with the help of some amazingly adaptive friends do Dallas and Raul identify and rope in the guilty party. Readers will be pleased to find that, along the way, Dallas from Dallas never loses her sense of humor. (July) FYI: Green has written three historical novels as Suzanne Frank.
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In this series debut, fashion/set stylist Dallas O!Connor falls right into the thick of things when she discovers the body of a murdered model, gets chased around the studio by the supposed killer, and faces police who don!t believe her story. The next she knows, her pursuer (always proclaiming his innocence) kidnaps her, forces her into breaking and entering, then gets the two of them accused of arson. Dallas!s hateful boss looks for any excuse to fire her. The high-energy plotting continues, splayed against a big-city Texas background and complicated by various fashion-related suspects. Green also writes a time-travel series as Suzanne Frank (Sunrise on the Mediterranean). An amusing read; for larger collections.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Warner Books
• Publication date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446924857
• ISBN 13: 9780446924856
• Binding: Paperback