Model Undercover: New York [Paperback]

<p><strong>Unlock the secrets of the fashion world in this fun and breezy mystery </strong></p><p>When the world's most famous black diamond is stolen during a magazine cover shoot, it's up to undercover model Axelle Anderson to crack the case. The only witness is a trendsetting teen fashion blogger who refuses to say anything, and Axelle has a hunch that what appears to be a clear-cut case of jewelry theft is anything but.</p><p>Axelle and her sleuthing friends are drawn into a web of blackmail and backstabbing fashionistas. As she struts her way down the New York City runways and juggles her busy modeling schedule and new romance, Axelle must pit herself against a rival who'll stop at nothing to bring her down.</p><p><strong>The Big Apple</strong></p><p>I'm on my way to Chic: New York, the fashion magazine-or more specifically, to their head office located just off Times Square in New York City. And before you start thinking this is another one of my mom's hard-core plans to get me modeling...it's not.</p><p>You see, I'm not in New York City on my way to Chic as a model. I'm on my way to Chic as a detective.</p><p>Not that I know many details yet about the case I've been asked to solve.</p><p>The call from Chic: New York came two days ago, just as I wrapped up solving my first big mystery during Paris Fashion Week.</p><p>"Axelle, I thought you might be interested to hear about a call I've had from New York," my modeling agent, Miriam, said on the phone Saturday afternoon, her breathless voice a conspiratorial whisper. I remember the exasperation I felt as I stood, ice cream in hand, on a bridge over the Seine, trying to formulate an excuse to get out of whatever modeling job this was surely about.</p><p>But the call wasn't about a modeling job, and my exasperation quickly turned to excitement when I heard her continue: lãÅ