The Crasher (Paperback)

Newly arrived in New York, with an optimism as fresh and as spirited as the one-of-a-kind clothes she designs, Ginny Walker is sure that her talent and hard work will pay off. But how can she get her wondrous designs onto the pages of the influential fashion press: Vogue, the New York Times, Women's Wear Daily? The answer comes by chance, when she mistakenly crashes a party and discovers it can be easy to arrive uninvited at the best galas in town. A cheeky sparrow strutting her stuff among the peacocks, Ginny soon penetrates the top echelons of society with the help of Johnny Peet - a well-connected journalist with problems of his own. Then one night she goes too far, much too far. Trespassing in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man, Ginny witnesses a vicious murder. Believing she knows the assailant only too well, she flees in panic from the crime scene, leaving behind one of her most spectacular designs, a flowing velvet cloak...