Kimono for a Corpse — James Melville

MURDER A LA MODE

Intrigue makes an unscheduled runway appearance at an international fashion show when a world-famous designer reports threats of blackmail. Otani and his top aide Kimura of the Kobe police think it could be a put-up job.

Just when they're convinced it's a fake, a wealthy businessman is "accidentally" killed by a falling chandelier that might have crushed anyone in the crowded room. And a second undoubtedly deliberate murder sends wise, old-fashioned Otani and his men on a thoroughly modern tour around the world of haute couture, determined to unravel a deceptively colorful bolt of lies, greed, blackmail, and murder.