HIGH FASHION Close Apparel. It's the most spectacular label around in the hotly competitive world of high style. Now the designer of its trend-setting new sportswear line is found bludgeoned to death in the corporate offices. HOT CASE The missing items-designs for the new fall line-point to a piracy ring that could cost one company plenty. Still, Detective Joe Dante wonders whether cheap off-the-rack knock-offs are worth killing for. TOP COP An arrogant U.S. Treasury agent shows up and steps all over Dante's case. A beautiful model who may know more than she'll tell, in bed or out, is targeted for death. For Joe Dante, there's a lot more at stake than the new look for fall...