A Fashionably French Murder by Colleen Cambridge
This is another of the charming Tabitha Knight series set in Paris after WW2. Tabitha, a nice girl from Detroit, has moved to Paris to live with her French grandpere and his special friend, Oncle Rafe. The trio lives across the street from Julia Child, whose husband Paul is a diplomat in Paris. This story revolves around French haute couture. Tabitha accompanies a friend to a fashion show at the studio of an up and coming designer, Mme Lannet. After the show, Tabitha realizes she has left one of her gloves at the studio and returns, only to find Mme Lannet strangled. The next night, when Tabitha returns to the studio with one of the models to retrieve something else, they come across another body, another employee who was also the special friend of Mme Lannet. Much to the continuing dismay of homicide detective Merveille, Tabitha is determined to solve the crimes. It's an interesting look at behind the scenes in the French fashion industry and a good whodunnit. And as always...