''French Silk'' is a

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written by

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. It was published in 1992,"French Silk"
at Fictiondb.com and made the New York Times bestseller list.(17 May 1992)

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'' (#6 bestseller for that week) The novel is set in

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and revolves around the murder of a televangelist; the suspects include the female founder of the "French Silk" mail order catalog whom the preacher had targeted as sinful.Stilley, Frank (20 June 1992)
"French Silk' Is As Smooth As You-Know-What"
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review) It was also made into a 1994 TV movie starring

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and

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. The book was the first of Brown's novels to be released in hardcover, and the first to be made into a movie.Lamb, Joyce (27 October 2013)
Interview: Sandra Brown, author of 'Deadline'
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'' Its first print run was 150,000 copies.(11 May 1992)
French Silk (review)
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French Silk at Sandra Brown.net
1992 American novels American romance novels American novels adapted into films Contemporary romance novels Novels set in New Orleans {{1990s-romance-novel-stub