NO ONE knows more about the ins and outs of the fashion world than Elsa Klensch, who introduced fashion and design to a worldwide audience with Style with Elsa Klensch on CNN,

Now Klensch turns her considerable writing talents to fiction with her debut , Live at 10:00, Dead at 10:15. Taking advantage of her unique insider's perspective, Klensch exposes the greed, the betrayals, and the sex behind the runway.

With millions of dollars at stake and a new fragrance about to be introduced by the world-renowned House of Franklin, the Franklins are arguing over everything from the name of the perfume to the shape of the bottle to the scent itself.

When Harriett Franklin is murdered in the middle of the awards banquet that was to be her greatest triumph, suspects abound–from the famous designer Harriett has just-fired to the supermodel whose comeback she has sworn to ruin, from the fashion magazine editor who supplements her income by taking growingly obvious bribes to Harriett's beleaguered husband, who has never forgiven her for institutionalizing their mentally handicapped son.

Our guide through this tangled web of business and personal relationships is the charmingly ambitious Sonya Iverson, producer for a TV news magazine, The Donna Fuller Show. Eager for her big break, Sonya pushes hard when the Harriett Franklin murder–not to mention Harriett's dead body–practically falls in her lap.

At first her biggest worry is that she will have to appear in front of the camera. But Sonya soon realizes that she knows who the killer must be…and that she has become a target.