{"product_id":"chic-happens-erica-j-whelton-9781956069648","title":"Chic Happens","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the Metropolitan Museum of Art invites retired fashion designer Dora Lee Griffen to a gala honoring the bold designers of the 1980s, she expects champagne, old friends, and a pleasant walk down memory lane. What she gets is murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFashion historian Regina Thornwood has spent years researching a tell-all book about the industry's golden era. Her upcoming release has ruffled plenty of feathers, digging up old scandals and questioning long-held reputations. By the end of the evening, Regina is dead on the museum floor, and everyone Dora Lee shook hands with that night seems to have a reason to want her silenced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bitter designer dismissed as derivative. A photographer whose career Regina destroyed decades ago. A legendary mentor with secrets he'd rather stay buried. And somewhere in the shadows, Dora Lee's oldest friend Viola seems to know more than she's saying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt seventy-eight, Dora Lee has perfected the art of appearing harmless. But beneath the gray hair and gracious smile lies a sharp mind that notices everything. With her Boston terrier mix Pippa by her side and a legal pad full of suspects, she's determined to find the truth before the killer decides that some legacies are better left buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fashion world, history is written by the survivors. And someone at that gala is willing to kill to control the narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChic Happens is the third book in the Royal Griffen Hotel Mystery Series, a cozy mystery featuring a seventy-eight-year-old amateur sleuth, her adorable dog, and the glamorous world of New York fashion.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erica J. Whelton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 195606964X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781956069648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunseri Design Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Erica J. Whelton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665283027199,"sku":"9781956069648","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chic-happens-erica-j-whelton-9781956069648","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}