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#Giveaway Deadly by Design By Carina Axelsson @CarinaAuthor @JabberwockyKids 1.30

January 4, 2016 By Mary

model londonModel Undercover: London
Deadly by Design
By Carina Axelsson
January 5, 2016; Trade Paper ISBN 9781492620884

Book Info:
Title: Model Undercover: London
Author: Carin Axelsson
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Publishers: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky

 

 

Praise for the Model Undercover series

“An entertaining, solid mystery with a resolution that will please most detective fans…not only is Axelle evolving into a deeper personality by the end of this book, but the cast of supporting characters—from the police chief’s son, Sebastian, to Hervé, the model booking agent—are fun to spend time with and well drawn.” –VOYA Magazine onModel Undercover: Paris

 Summary:

 The third installment in former model Carina Axelsson’s high-fashion detective series.

Posing as a model gets Axelle the kinds of connections that make her the fashion elite’s go-to detective. Her newest case? The attack on famous fashion photographer Gavin Tempest that’s left him in the hospital. The police may have ruled it a mugging, but Gavin’s sister has special intel for Axelle that points to something more sinister…and when clues start pointing to people in high places, things get dicey for Axelle. Because fashion isn’t the only thing that’s killer in this case…

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About the Author:

Carina Axelsson is a writer, illustrator, and former model who lives in Germany.

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Excerpt from Model Undercover: London:

 

Tallulah was flustered, and color had risen to her cheeks. I watched as she stood up suddenly. A look of frustration flashed across her face, and her eyes narrowed in anger as she crossed and uncrossed her arms. “I’m sure the images on this flash drive, our flat being searched, and what’s happened to my brother are related—I’m sure of it! I want to find who has done this! I want to find the person responsible for hurting my brother!” She stopped and breathed deeply, then fiddled with her fingernails in silence.

I turned back to my laptop and flicked through the images. “Have you any idea why your brother named the file ‘Close-up’? I haven’t seen any close-ups on the stick at all.”

“I hadn’t thought about that, but it’s typical Gavin,” Tallulah said as she bent over my shoulder to look at the screen. “He tends to give his files slightly coded names. They always have something to do with the content of the file, but usually the connection is only obvious to him. I remember once looking at a bunch of photos he was editing. They were all on a file labeled ‘Elle,’ so I thought they were something he’d shot for Elle magazine. But, no, they were photos he’d taken for some Japanese magazine editorial inspired by the actor Elle Fanning.”

After a few moments, I heard Tallulah move behind me again. It sounded as if she was looking through her handbag. I turned around just as she pulled out a phone and offered it to me. “It’s Gavin’s,” she explained. “Surprisingly enough, the attacker didn’t take it. Gavin had it zipped up in an inside pocket of his jacket, so I guess they didn’t notice it. Anyway, I thought you might find it useful. I’ve had a look and couldn’t see anything suspicious, but maybe you’ll have a better idea of what to look for.”

I took the phone and asked Tallulah for the code.

“Oh yeah.” Her mouth broke into the first semblance of a smile I’d seen since we’d shaken hands. “That might help… I have it written down somewhere. Hang on.” She rummaged in her tiny bag again. “Oh, I don’t have it on me right now, but I’ll look it up as soon as I’m back home and send it to you. Luckily I know where he keeps his passwords.”

“Fine,” I said.

“So, Axelle,” she said as she watched me, “you will take on this case, won’t you?”

I nodded slowly. “Yes. Yes, I will…but we won’t have much time.”

Tallulah raised her eyebrows.

“Remember I asked you when your brother is expected to regain consciousness?”

She nodded. “Well, I imagine whoever put him in the hospital will still want to get their hands on this stick. Unless they found what they wanted on the memory card in Gavin’s camera.”

Tallulah shook her head. “He changed memory cards for every job. I even saw him put a new one in on Sunday morning. Whoever has the camera won’t have found much—if anything.” “

And they didn’t find anything in your flat, so I reckon the only option they have now is to threaten Gavin into handing the stick over the first chance they get.”

“I hadn’t thought of that.” Tallulah’s voice sounded distressed, and she started picking at her nails again.

I watched her for a moment before saying, “There’s another scenario we have to consider too…”

“Yes?”

“Gavin probably got a good look at his attacker, right?”

Tallulah nodded.

“Well, it might not just be the stick the attacker’s looking for now.”

Tallulah didn’t say anything, but she stopped picking her nails and stared at me.

“They’ll also want to stop Gavin from identifying them…”

“But how?”

“By silencing him for good.”

 
 
Also by Carina Axelsson:
 model paris
Model Undercover: Paris
 
From super sleuth to supermodel

Axelle Anderson doesn’t care about fashion, in spite of her pushy fashionista aunt, Venetia. All Axelle wants to do in life is solve mysteries. But when top fashion designer Belle La Lune goes missing and Aunt Venetia becomes a prime suspect, Axelle must go undercover as a model to bring the truth into the spotlight.

Who knew modeling could be such a dangerous game?

 

 

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Model Undercover: New York

Unlock the secrets of the fashion world in this fun and breezy mystery!

Axelle Anderson is an ace at two things: solving mysteries and modeling. So when the world’s most famous black diamond is stolen from a cover shoot in New York City, it’s no surprise that Axelle is called in to work her skills as anundercover model. But with a witness who won’t talk, a blackmailing thief, and an agent intent on filling Axelle’s schedule with interviews and photo shoots, will she be able to crack the case?

 

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Comments

  1. anne says

    January 5, 2016 at 10:22 am

    Montreal.

  2. Linda Kish says

    January 5, 2016 at 11:32 am

    Los Angeles

  3. Richard Brandt says

    January 7, 2016 at 11:23 pm

    VEGAS, BABY, VEGAS!

  4. tracee says

    January 8, 2016 at 3:53 pm

    Comfortville 😉

  5. natasha lamoreux says

    January 8, 2016 at 7:37 pm

    Houston!

  6. Laura says

    January 11, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    Siberia

  7. Lorraine Duran says

    January 12, 2016 at 1:16 am

    I’m not sure somewhere that people wear flannels and jeans and flip flops everyday.

  8. holdenj says

    January 15, 2016 at 8:25 am

    What she said!! Also, a lot of Smartwool. I don’t live in Seattle, but it’s starting to sound kind of Pacific Northwest-y.

  9. Julie Waldron says

    January 19, 2016 at 12:33 pm

    Chicago

  10. Jessica Cox says

    January 25, 2016 at 2:37 pm

    New York

  11. Lily Kwan says

    January 30, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    Los Angeles

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