Weigh Dead

Iris House B&B #6

by Jean Hager

A Ton of Trouble It's March, and Tess Darcy has her hands full, planning both her own June wedding and the renovation to Iris House that will turn her living quarters into a lovely home for herself and Luke. Now she has a house full, and a weighty one at that. Famous aerobics queen Lida Darnell has booked an oversized group of well-heeled fitness wannabes, including radio health know-it-all Dr. Patrice Singleton who's there incognito. Marcia, a recent divorcie with a fascination for UFOs and dancing in the nude is accompanied by her sister Dorinda, who's keeping an eye on her unbalanced sibling. Tubby tycoon Rudy Hansel was tricked into showing up by his gorgeous super-model bride. And the most troublesome fitness follower, Heather Brackland, merciless snoop for The National Scoop, is digging up dirt on her ex-boyfriend-a fitness trainer and now Lida's lover--as well as the rest of the guests--creating a poisonous mix of hungry dieters chewing each other to bits. A Weighty Problem Tess wants no part of the bickering, but when a loud scream pierces the night air, she rushes outside to discover that someone has turned a fitness retreat into a fatal affair. And with a hefty list of suspects and a slim number of clues, Tess has the mammoth task of figuring out who at her quaint little B & B has turned weight reduction into guest reduction.

Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery

228 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1999

About the author

aka Leah Crane, Marlaine Kyle, Sara North, Jeanne Stephens and Amanda McAllister.

Jean Hager is the award-winning author of two acclaimed mystery series. One features the half-Cherokee police chief, Mitch Bushyhead. The other stars an investigator for the Cherokee Nation, Molly Bearpaw, and includes her two previous novels, Ravenmocker and . Winner of numerous awards, Jean Hager lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Series:
* Mitch Bushyhead
* Molly Bearpaw
* Iris House B&B

Reviews

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like Hager's mysteries. After working night shift, I am frquently to awake to sleep and yet my brain doesn't want to handle complex plots. Hager's mysteries are easy to follow and always end well. They make a perfect light read when you want to wind down for a couple of hours.
Weigh dead has Iris House filled with people who are taking a weight reduction 2 week retreat. One of the attendees is a reporter for a national exposee newspaper. Of course, everyone hates her and you assume she will be the victim. However, another lady borrows the reporter's raincoat and is killed. The book then goes through the expected sorting of who might have killed the victim.
A pleasant if not complex read.

[Helen Fleischer · Rating 4 out of 5]

obviously following least likely rule, classic red herring ploys