Death of a Couturier

A Couture Mystery

By: Melanie Jackson

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

She’s back!

After an absence of almost a decade, Miss Henry returns in a double mystery more than worthy of a comeback.

In this two-in-one mystery, Miss Henry is finding her way in the world of Bay Area haute couture where high tech meets high finance. But before she can say ‘NSA’, she finds herself summoned back to work by her old employer and stranded in an abandoned mansion in the middle of the Nevada desert with a defector, bitter rivals from the agency, and a crazed killer. Forced into finding the most desperate and final of solutions to her interrupted retirement, Juliet has little time to recover before being hurried back to the devolving situation at the fashion house where she has been hired.

No one does pressure problem-solving better than Juliet Henry, but grace under pressure doesn’t usually include a body-count. Don’t miss the latest heart-pounding installment!

Once more, Miss Henry finds herself at odds with her ex-employer, the National Security Agency (NSA). Assigned to identify a mole within the agency, her former controllers send Miss Henry to a remote abandoned mansion in the middle of the dessert which is supposedly functioning as a safehouse for a defector. There she must play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a hardened killer while her rivals from the agency are being downsized in a permanent way. Juliet is forced back into the life of spy where dirty tricks are required to avoid taking a dirt nap with her former duplicitous colleagues.

Amid the fast and furious world of high fashion, changing hemlines and velvet-gloved larceny, Miss Henry must help Esteban find the bloody needle in the pin cushion at the fashion house before someone ends with scissors in their well-clad back.

If you’ve followed Miss Henry’s other adventures in the art world, this is a must read. If you’re just browsing the series, there’s no better time to make her acquaintance.

Buy, beg, or borrow this book today! It will not disappoint you.

What Readers Are Saying About Miss Henry

In Miss Henry, Melanie Jackson has created another memorable detective and a particularly odious villain. All Ms. Jackson’s strengths are on display in this first book of her new series—a smart, irreverent heroine, a cast of eccentric characters, and an interesting milieu for them all to collide in. Reading her books is like eating a box of bon bons—each one is tasty and you find yourself wanting more.
---Harry Squires

I have just finished the 5th book in the series and have found every book to be as enjoyable as the first. I look forward to the next books.
---Zalewski Valerie

“Lizards on the Brain...”??? Yep, that’s a quote directly from Miss Henry...my kind of woman...LOL Enjoy ‘cause it’s highly recommended...
---Glenda

There are currently 15 books in the Miss Henry series. Additional cozy mystery series by Melanie Jackson include Chloe Boston, Butterscotch Jones, Wendover House, Kenneth Mayhew and Jane Blackthorn.

About the Author, Melanie Jackson

Melanie has written and published over 100 books, available only on Amazon, ranging from paranormal romance to cozy mysteries. She lives in Las Vegas with her loving husband and Butterscotch, the cat.

Hard to decide which was worse

The virtual voice narration is not as bad as I expected but it still turns into a droning stream of words that has the mind wandering away from the storyline. That’s not so bad since the story seemed like an attempt by the author to cram bits and pieces of ideas into a coherent storyline. It fails.