In 1920s Chicago, the deadliest lies are dressed in silk.
For Kit Ashworth, a fitting at an exclusive dressmaker should be a touch of lost nostalgia. But when she discovers a corpse hidden behind bolts of imported velvet, the illusion of glamour unravels instantly.
Paddy O’Malley doesn’t know chiffon from satin, but he recognizes a heavy-handed protection racket when he sees one. Together, the partners trace a thread from the glittering Magnificent Mile to the shadowed sweatshops of the Garment District. They uncover a scheme far more lucrative than knock-off fashion: the fabrication of entirely new identities for the city’s criminal elite.
Someone is tailoring the perfect crime, and they’re ready to cut loose anyone who pulls on the wrong string.
Jazz Age atmosphere meets hard-boiled detection in *Cut from Whole Cloth*, the fifth entry in the O'Malley Investigations series.
