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.
Book information
Genre
Detective and Crime, Mystery and Thriller
Length
3 hrs 2 mins
Publish date
Jan 19, 2026
Language
English
About the Author
Daniel Pelfrey
Daniel Pelfrey writes thrillers, crime fiction, alternate history, and urban fantasy with a crime fiction twist. A former Air Force member and TSA employee who once dealt blackjack and substitute taught, Daniel draws on his diverse life experiences to craft character-driven narratives. When he's not building intricate story arcs from his home in Medora, North Dakota, he's busy being a reader himself—occasionally remembering there's a world outside his books.View all Audiobooks by Daniel Pelfrey
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