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Heather Wells Rocks!

Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two — and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days of endless mall appearances are in the past, Heather's perfectly happy with her new size 12 shape (the average for the American woman!) and her new job as an assistant dorm director at one of New York's top colleges. That is, until the dead body of a female student from Heather's residence hall is discovered at the bottom of an elevator shaft.

The cops and the college president are ready to chalk the death off as an accident, the result of reckless youthful mischief. But Heather knows teenage girls . . . and girls do not elevator surf. Yet no one wants to listen — not the police, her colleagues, or the P.I. who owns the brownstone where she lives — even when more students start turning up dead in equally ordinary and subtly sinister ways. So Heather makes the decision to take on yet another new career: as spunky girl detective!

But her new job comes with few benefits, no cheering crowds, and lots of liabilities, some of them potentially fatal. And nothing ticks off a killer more than a portly ex-pop star who's sticking her nose where it doesn't belong . .

Irene and I will be reading this next month if anyone wants to join us :)

Are we still reading this? I'll start tonight if we are :) I can see that you're reading quite a lot of books so we can wait a few days as well if you want :) I'm pretty much free the rest of the month :)

I should be able to start tomorrow or Sunday if that's ok? Sorry I'm a bit late, it's taking me a bit longer to read books this last week or so

Rachel wrote: "I should be able to start tomorrow or Sunday if that's ok? Sorry I'm a bit late, it's taking me a bit longer to read books this last week or so"

That's fine :)

I'll be starting later today :)

5% (view spoiler)[ death by elevator sounds gruesome! (hide spoiler)]

Hahaha, I'm being so sloooow! I'm at my parents so I'm not reading as much as I thought I would. promise I'll start today though.

I'm reading it now! One chapter in. Yay!

It's kind of confusing, I think.

It is a little confusing

End of chapter 3 (view spoiler)[ so I'm guessing that the girl didn't actually try and elevator surf, that someone pushed her maybe? Heather seems quite nice, the people she works with seem a bit mean though! (hide spoiler)]

End of chapter 6 (view spoiler)[ Jordan is a bit desperate, banging on the front door like that! Sounds like most of his family is rich and posh and mean! (hide spoiler)]

74% (view spoiler)[ someone is definitely trying to kill heather! (hide spoiler)]

End of chapter 28 (view spoiler)[ that's got to be a trap! Rachel must be threatening Sarah to lure Heather into the office! (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[ wow Rachel is a real psycho! But go Mrs Allington for taking her down! The whole idea of the elevator surfing sounds so scary! I'd be terrified that I'd fall! (hide spoiler)]

Hey girls! Would it be okay if I join you? I know its a bit late but I have this series and I am on a Meg Cabot kick at the moment. As soon as I finish Avalon High I'm going to pick it up.

Well I'm still just 15% in so it's no problem

Awesome.

Rachel wrote: "End of chapter 6 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[He's annoying me. Leave the poor girl alone! (hide spoiler)]