Size Zero (Visage Book 1)
Description
<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>"A somber, disturbing mystery fused with a scathing look at the fashion industry. </strong><strong>Mangin writes in a confident, razor-edged style."</strong><strong> - Kirkus Reviews</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Condom dresses and space helmets have debuted on fashion runways.</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">A dead body becomes the trend when a coat made of human skin saunters down fashion's biggest stage. The body is identified as Annabelle Leigh, the teenager who famously disappeared over a decade ago from her boyfriend's New York City mansion.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">This new evidence casts suspicion back on the former boyfriend, Cecil LeClaire. Now a monk, he is forced to return to his dark and absurd childhood home to clear his name. He teams up with Ava Germaine, a renegade ex-model. And together, they investigate the depraved and lawless modeling industry behind Cecil's family fortune.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">They find erotic canes, pet rats living in crystal castles, and dresses made of crushed butterfly wings. But Cecil finds more truth in the luxury goods than in the people themselves. Everyone he meets seems to be wearing a person-suit. Terrified of showing their true selves, the glitterati put on flamboyant public personas to make money and friends. Can Cecil find truth in a world built on lies?</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>In high fashion modeling, selling bodies is organized crime.</strong></p>
Story Behind The Book
This was the first full length novel I sat down and wrote. It took 18 months to get the first draft finished, and I enjoyed every minute of it. The plot began from the creation of two characters, the vampire, Lucinda, and the Vampire Hunter, Victor Drake.
Reviews
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<p><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font><font size="3"><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="2"><font size="3"><font size="2"><span style="font-size:12px;">I just finished reading </span><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>The Ritual of Blood </strong></span><span style="font-size:12px;">by C J Wright. I enjoyed the book, and I'm not a great fan of vampire stories.</span><br /><span style="font-size:12px;">I was entertained by the vampire lore: the Vampire Hunters, some of the</span><br /><span style="font-size:12px;">rules of vampire conduct, the Skulls of Darkness, Power, and Blood, the</span><br /><span style="font-size:12px;">Feast of Dran Val Karlic, and the vampire history. Wright is imaginative and gives us a lot of detail.</span><br /><span style="font-size:12px;">Wright didn¹t get into specific gory details of blood and violence, and sex, instead he left many scenes to the reader¹s imagination, which I</span><br /><span style="font-size:12px;">appreciated. </span><br /><span style="font-size:12px;">As the book progressed, Wright actually got me liking some of the nasty, evil vampires; they were believable. I even found myself rooting for one of them, in the end. A good read.</span><br /><span style="font-size:12px;">Joanne Chase - </span><a href="http://cuttothechasereviews.webs.com/bookreviews.htm" style="font-family:'yui-tmp';">Cut to the Chase Reviews</a></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p>
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