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French Silk

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French Silk
AuthorSandra Brown
LanguageEnglish
GenreRomance
Published8 May 1992 (Warner Books) [1]
Media typePrint (Hardcover, Paperback)
Pages416
ISBN0-446-51654-6

French Silk is a romance novel written by Sandra Brown. It was published in 1992,[2] and made the New York Times bestseller list.[3] The novel is set in New Orleans 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.[4]

It was also made into a 1994 TV movie starring Susan Lucci, Lee Horsley and R. Lee Ermey.

The book was the first of Brown's novels to be released in hardcover, and the first to be made into a movie.[5] Its first print run was 150,000 copies.[6]

References

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  1. ^ (1 March 1992). French Silk by Sandra Brown (review), Kirkus Reviews
  2. ^ "French Silk" at Fictiondb.com
  3. ^ (17 May 1992). BEST SELLERS: May 17, 1992, The New York Times (#6 bestseller for that week)
  4. ^ Stilley, Frank (20 June 1992). "French Silk' Is As Smooth As You-Know-What", Argus Press (Associated Press review)
  5. ^ Lamb, Joyce (27 October 2013). Interview: Sandra Brown, author of 'Deadline', USA Today
  6. ^ (11 May 1992). French Silk (review), Publishers Weekly
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