Who would have thought that the teenage pop star, Heather Mills, would find herself as an assistant resident advisor at New York College? Well that's exactly what happens when her mother empties her bank account and runs off to Brazil with her faithful manager in tow. Next thing she knows, Heather's career tanks and she is forced to come up with a plan B. Too add insult to injury, Heather gets dumped by her fellow teenage pop star boyfriend, Jordan, and winds up homeless, penniless and in need of a job.

When Jordan's private detective brother, Cooper, comes to the rescue and offers Heather a room in exchange for some light bookkeeping, Heather is convinced that things are looking up. With New York College picking up the tab, Heather embarks on her new career as an assistant resident advisor filled with naïve freshman girls, neurotic student workers and a flamboyant dining hall cashier who insists on calling all of the students movie stars. What she didn't factor into the equation were two freshman girls in her residence hall dying her first week on the job.

When Detective Canavan pronounces the girls' deaths just an unfortunate silly freshman prank gone awry, Heather's wheels start turning and her detective radar is activated. Luckily for her, she just so happens to be bunking with the hottest private detective in New York City. Too bad the picture that comes to mind when he thinks of her is not a sexy blond bombshell but rather a Calamity Jane. How is she going to prove to everyone that these deaths were no accidents while at the same time land the man of her dreams? Heather must now put away her bubblegum and tight blue jeans from her former teenage pop star life and trade them in for a cloak and dagger if she wants to become the Nancy Drew of Fischer Hall and solve this mystery.

The prolific Meg Cabot's debut mystery novel delivers the perfect balance of humor, romance and intrigue. Her witty repartee makes the reader laugh out loud, while her gift of gab makes her writing flow. Her in-depth character development enables the reader to feel sympathy for the criminal, while at the same time feel compassion for the victim. Never a disappointment, Cabot's new crime series is a welcome addition with many twists and turns yet to be solved.