Book excerpt: Enjoy this humorous cozy mystery inspired by Agatha Christie with a fashionable amateur sleuth and a mystery connected to the past by national bestselling author Diane Vallere. Burn out...or fade away? When Samantha Kidd is invited to fill an about-to-be-vacated spot in a secret society, she jumps at the chance. The group’s mission is to preserve famous fashion patterns through memorization and pass them down to future generations, and Samantha’s dreams of Chanel jackets and Halston dresses are dashed when she’s assigned the Levi’s 501 jean. But when the retiring denim expert turns up dead, she fears there’s more than fashion history at stake. Garments from the deceased member’s estate are linked to a series of local cold cases, and Samantha questions everything. Was the member’s death an admission of guilt of past crimes or vigilante justice? As she pulls at the threads of the investigation, she finds the fabric of her secret society fraying at the seams. Can Samantha unzip the facts or will the truth stay buttoned up forever? Fahrenheit 501 is the twelfth humorous book in the Killer Fashion mystery series, although each book in the series can be read as a standalone. For fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy Cannell, and Jessica Fletcher, if you like puzzle plots, fashion history, and unusual crimes, you'll love this funny and eerie amateur detective mystery. Diane-Fans describe “her vintage Vallere goodness,” and say she is a “great storyteller” with “a way with creating strong female characters and intrigue” who is “a superb and very humorous writer.” Her gift of creating “spunky sleuths in fun settings” take readers to Dallas, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, Pennsylvania, and outer space.