This is the first time I've read a Jaine Austen mystery by Laura Levine and I loved it! I laughed so hard at times, my tummy hurt! Jaine's friend Lance gives her a gift for helping him and the gift is a trip to The Haven an exclusive spa on the California coast where the rich and famous go. Jaine packs up her luggage and her best friend, Prozac her cat! When she arrives at The Haven, her bubble bursts and she's now aware that it's a spa to lose weight at, not to relax and load up on cakes and such.
She makes friends with some of the guests and tries her best to stick this trip out, for her friend has paid a large sum of money for her stay. There are no cookies, no cakes, no candies, what's a woman to do now that she's on a 300 calorie a day diet? Ouch? She finds herself and the other guests (inmates as she calls them) drinking celery drinks and downing veggies, oh not good for Jaine. She must also put up with Mallory Francis, a movie star who thinks she's top notch, but Jaine's not impressed with her. Mallory is annoying! When Mallory is found dead due to strangulation, everyone becomes a suspect.
Jaine seeks to find justice for Mallory's murder even though she's starving to death and Prozac her cat is crying the blues for even she's on a diet! The killer among them must be found out or everyone is at risk to become the next victim.
Laura Levine is amazingly funny, she's a comedy writer for many TV shows and I look forward to reading more of her great funny novels! PAMPERED TO DEATH is a must read!
Jaine Austen is looking forward to an indulgent spa getawayβ
until she learns itβs more about deprivation than
relaxation. Between miniscule meals and a deadly brush with
fame, surviving this vacation will be no piece of cake...
When Jaineβs friend Lance surprises her with a trip to The
Haven, an ΓΌber-luxe health spa on the California coast, she
and her feline pal Prozac are eager to hit the road and
bask in a week of pampering and pedicures. But upon their
arrival, she discovers that this oasis in the hills is
merely a fat farm in disguise, complete with celery-juice
cocktails, humiliating weigh-ins, and a zero-tolerance
position on carbs. And as she gets to know her fellow
inmates, she realizes 300-calorie dinners arenβt the
craziest thing sheβll be dealing with.
Among her bulge-battling companions is Mallory Francis, a B-
list movie star with a knack for making frenemies with
everyone she meets. When sheβs found strangled during a
seaweed wrap gone awry, Jaine is hard-pressed to think of
anyone who couldnβt have done it. Perhaps it was Kendra,
Malloryβs bitter sister-slash-personal assistant. Or maybe
Clint, a macho former co-star whose dirtiest secret is in
danger of being undressed in the drama queenβs upcoming
memoir. Or was it The Havensβ pretty young masseuse, driven
to commit a crime of passion when Mallory seduced her
aerobics instructor husband Sven?
With the suspects mounting faster than her hunger pangs,
Jaine doesnβt know who to believe. And when her search for
truth, justice and contraband calories leads her straight
to the cold-blooded killer, it seems murder may be on the
menu once again...
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