Head Case: 5 (Joanna Hayworth Vintage Clothing Mystery)

When Joanna Hayworth visits Bradley Stroden a onetime protégé of legendary costume designer Edith Head she expects to find closets bulging with drool-worthy gowns to stock her Portland Oregon vintage clothing store. Instead she finds a corpse.With movie costumes as bait Joanna investigates why Stroden was murdered. Could it be tied to the tell-all Hollywood memoir he was writing? Or to a midcentury film noir that was mysteriously yanked before it was released? Or to his adoring sister? At the same time Joanna stumbles upon a priceless pair of emerald earrings hidden on her laundry shelf. Her houseguest has some explaining to do. Joannas new marriage--and possibly her life itself--depend on figuring out who is acting and who is for real.