The Wedding Dress Murders:Death in White - A Vintage Fashion Mystery

A Ai, Angela Mosley

Summary

Beneath the shimmering façade of Beverly Hills' high fashion scene, a killer drapesdeath inwhite. When bridal designer Vivienne Ashworth is found murdered amidst a macabretableau of vintage wedding gowns, fashion historian Eleanor Vance is called in to decipherthe silent language of the scene. Each carefully placed gown, every tiltedbustle and tornpiece of lace, whispers a coded message from the past.Detective Miles Corbin, hardened by a betrayal that shattered his own dreams of a whitewedding, initially dismisses Eleanor's interpretations as fanciful. But as more designersmeet similarly staged ends, each posed among a disturbing collection of vintage dresses,he’s forced to acknowledge her uncanny insight.Their investigation plunges them into the opulent world of Rodeo Drive ateliers and theshadowy backrooms of vintage clothing stores, where ambition and obsession intertwine.They uncover a chilling legend–the tale of the White Rose gown, a cursed royal wedding dress said to bring madness and murder to those who possess it. The murders aren'trandom; they are meticulously orchestrated reenactments, perverse homages to the gown’sbloody legacy.The stakes become terrifyingly personal when Eleanor deciphers a message predicting thenext victim: her closest friend. Miles, his emotional armor pierced by Eleanor’svulnerability,recognizes a reflection of his own buried pain and vows to protect her. Thepristine white of the gowns becomes a symbol of both the promise and the betrayalinherent in love, forcing him to confront the ghosts that still haunt him.As they delve deeper,they uncover a clandestine society, "The Stitch," dedicated topreserving the White Rose’s legacy, its members driven by a twisted devotion. Theirinvestigation leads to Rosalind Finch, a reclusive heiress whose obsession with the gownborders on madness, and to a truth more shocking than they could have imagined.Amidst the glittering spectacle of a high-fashion gala, where the legendary White Rose gownis rumored to be unveiled, Eleanor and Miles race against time to stop a final, devastatingact of obsession. Will they unravel the secrets woven deep within the fabric of the fashionworld before the next victim dons the deadly dress? Or will the White Rose claim anothersoul, forever staining the glamorous world of high fashion with blood?

Available since: 11/06/2024.

Print length: 314 pages.

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