Author: BAKER, SAM
Title: This Year's Model
Description: Orion, UK. Softcover. New. 9780752893914 352 pages. Available Now. Book Description: When Lou McCartney, fashion reporter on The Post, finds out that her estranged half-sister Scarlett has gone missing in Japan, she's left guilt-ridden and reeling. Lou and Scarlett have been estranged since Lou's father dumped her mother for a younger model, and Scarlett was catapulted to fame as a child model. : Ten years later Scarlett's career has stalled. In a desperate bid for work, Scarlett decamps to Tokyo, the toughest assignment in the already tough world of international modelling. And then she vanishes. : Faced with Scarlett's disappearance, Lou turns to her best friend, Annie Anderson. A former investigative reporter Annie now works for the fashion bible, Handbag magazine. Giving Lou's knowledge of the fashion world and Annie's nose for trouble, it's only a matter of time before they begin chasing down what really happened to Scarlett. It's a dangerous hunt. One that forces Lou to face up to her past, and takes Annie from London to New York and Tokyo.: In the hard-nosed world of modelling, sometimes the best look is the one that lets you come out of it alive... : Review: If you fancy equal measures of grit and chic lit, you'll love this (COSMOPOLITAN): A smart edgy page-turner (COMPANY): Sam Baker's gripping second novel drifts between the seedier margins of the fashion industry and the complex relationship the half-sisters had with their philandering father, Baker's own experience of the fashion and magazine industry gives depth to her mixed up women. (FINANCIAL TIMES): This book is a fascinating expose of the crazy, cruel world of international fashion modelling by an author who has edited a series of glossy magazines and knows what she's talking about (LITERARY REVIEW): A stylish, sophisticated and bitter sweet thriller, its dark tones are a timely foil to the international obsession with the self-obsessed world of celebrity (NEWSLETTER) -- : Book Description: Sam Baker follows up her brilliant debut, FASHION VICTIM, with more backstabbing - literally - in the world of beauty Size: 13 x 2.1 x 19.9 cm. 352 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Category: Fiction; Paperback; ISBN: 0752893912. ISBN/EAN: 9780752893914. Inventory No: F238-1012.

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