Ellen Byerrum: 9 books

Sweatergate, a deadly assault with a giant candy cane, and a chance encounter with a homeless child in a stolen shepherd’s robe send Lacey Smithsonian on an unlikely Christmas quest in Grave Apparel, the fifth book in Ellen Byerrum’s Crime of Fashion Mysteries. Christmas time in Washington,...

Fashion reporter and stylish sleuth Lacey Smithsonian returns in her second Crime of Fashion Mystery, as high crimes and haute couture heat up Washington, D.C.: "The City Fashion Forgot." Lacey tangles with a fabric of deceit and death when high fashion meets low dealings in unfashionable Washington....

A princess died in this corset. Who wouldn't kill for it? Lacey Smithsonian chases the fashion story of the century and a trip of a lifetime in Raiders of the Lost Corset, the fourth book in Ellen Byerrum’s Crime of Fashion Mysteries. "Find the corset!" Corset-maker Magda Rousseau's...

Fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian tackles her first deadly fashion crime in Washington, D.C., "The City Fashion Forgot." A beautiful dead hairstylist, a straight razor, and a horrible haircut? The D.C. cops call it an open-and-shut case of suicide. But Lacey's nose for nuance, her subtle style instincts,...

If you lost your memories, would you lose your soul? “In my memories, my eyes are always green.” A young woman finds herself recovering from a devastating accident in a memory research facility near Washington, D.C., in this new psychological suspense thriller. Her eyes are brown, not green...

When does a little black dress become a lethal black dress?  When it becomes unexpectedly weaponized at the most security-conscious event in Washington, D.C.—the fabled White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian is delighted to finally take her place at the...

Who in the world wants that gorgeous red dress with the bad reputation? *    Everybody! *Fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian has never seen such a gown: crimson, flowing, fabulous. And infamous. The actress who first wore it on stage died in it on the closing night of The Masque of the...

Halloween is coming and fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian’s normally staid Washington, D.C., looks more like a costume party every day. The season has lots of tricks and treats up its sleeve for Lacey in this third outing of the Crimes of Fashion Mysteries. With a messy murder case in the...

Welcome to Private Eye School! The homework will kill you.     Lacey Smithsonian's  journalism career is going nowhere fast. After collaring killers, saving lives, rescuing homeless children, and recovering priceless jewels (which she didn't get to keep), she's still stuck on the fashion...