ISBN: 9780451209481
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Rating: A
Lacey Smithsonian is a hard driving crime reporter, Crimes of Fashion is her game. Living in the land of the female helmet hair has given Lacey a plethora of tools to fight these crimes with, but when an apparent suicide smells distinctly like murder Lacey gets in over her head and fast.
I picked up this series because I got involved in the Lifetime movie of this series and I didn’t realize they were books, so being that the written word is my favorite medium of entertainment, I of course had to start at the beginning and to be introduced to Lacey properly. I’m glad that I decided to pick up this series of books and to build my own relationship with the characters and the author. I look forward to a long adventure together.
Lacey is a little bit of every woman I know; insecure and secure, smart, sassy, and real. Byerrum spent a lot of time expressing Lacey’s feelings with words, and my hope is that as this series progresses, Lacey’s feelings will be portrayed and understood without the definition. I believe that both the character and the author have the potential and I can’t wait to see it realized.
I typically know who the criminal is by the middle of the book, and I am pleased to say that I was a bit wishy washy as far as whodunit, but I was on the right trail. I just kept bouncing between 2 characters and it turns out they were tied together, but only one was responsible. I enjoy when an author can make me doubt my choices because it sometimes makes for a more interesting read.
I look forward to many more Crimes of Fashion with Lacey and her motley crew.
