Designs on Murder

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Amanda Tucker finds the perfect spot for a design studio - the Shops on Main in Abingdon, Virginia. The only problem is the shop comes with ghost. In Designs on Murder by Gayle Leeson, budding fashionista Amanda is super excited to begin work. Unfortunately the day she decides to sign the lease, one of the other tenants is found murdered in his shop upstairs.

That doesn't stop her and she enlists her grandfather to help with shelves and other improvements. When she discovers the ghost of Maxine Englebright inhabiting her space, she's happy for the company. Max tells her she died from a fall down the stairs in the Shops of Main, which at that time was a private house. She has been in the house since she fell to her death in 1930.

As for the murder, there's concern at the Shops on Main about why web designer Mark Tinsley was murdered. It was rumored he was having money problems and it's thought that something in his past might have lead to his death.

Trying not to worry about the investigation and concentrate on
building her business, Amanda begins designing one-of-a-kind dresses and some ready-to-wear samples for her shop. With the help of handsome photographer Jason Logan and her neighbor Connie, Amanda begins seeing customers and starts working on prom dresses for two teenage girls and a bridal party.

But Max decides they need to investigate Mark's murder and despite her better judgment, Amanda agrees. Using her detecting skills gained from reading Nancy Drew books, Amanda begins her investigation with some scary results.

Designs on Murder is a quirky, witty mystery with a fashionable ghost and a creative designer. Looking forward to others in the Ghostly Fashionista Mysteries.