Shot Through Velvet — Ellen Byerrum

Home of the helmet hairdo and congressional combover, Washington, D.C., is a hotbed of Fashiun faux pas. If anyone should know, it's "Crimes of Fashion" columnist Lacey Smithsonian. She dishes out advice to the scandal-scorched and clothing-clueless, doing her part to change this town -- one fashion victim at a time....

DEATH AND DYEING

With newspapers folding across the country, fashion reporter Lacey Smithsonian's latest story hits a little too close to home. Touring a failing Virginia velvet factory on its final day of operations, Lacey finds more than fading fabric -- she finds a body. Workers nicknamed the hated manager the Blue Devil, and now he's blue, indeed. Rumors spread that the killer is the Velvet Avenger -- his calling card. a length of blue velvet ribbon. But when a ribbon appears at Lacey's paper, it could be more than her job at stake -- it could be her life....