What do You think about Fit To Die (2007)?
This is such a fun series. The five main characters are all overweight and members of a Supper Club where they try to eat well (once a week) and motivate the others. When FIT TO DIE begins, they all have slacked off and begun to regain any weight they lost. How serendipitous that someone should come to their small town in Virginia and open a weight loss program with prepackaged food and exercise classes! Except for the very unfortunate murders that occur. Written with frequent tongue in cheek, the clever plot will keep you guessing 'til the end.
—Barb
Another wonderful story by this author! I love how she writes her cozy mysteries. She does such a good job with her characters, that you completely feel for them and with them; happy/excited when they lose weight, the awe-moments in romance pull at your heart strings, pissed off when they learned they were being screwed, etc. Being from a male perspective but written by a woman is different than the other, say James Patterson, stories that I've read from a male view. I liked it. The book wasn't 100% focused on the murder, but on the lives of the supper club and what they were going through which made it more interesting. I did like how it was wrapped up easily in the end instead of a fight scene or what not and then continued with the characters' stories a bit.
—Jennifer Brown
This is a fun, quick read that I liked, but it wasn't entirely my thing. I really liked the descriptions of small town life and the colourful characters; Dolly, the town gossip who runs the diner, the busy body church group trying to cram their morals down everyone's throats, and "Chilly Willy", the friendly newcomer to the town. Their interactions were amusing and realistic with well written, believable dialogue. The book wasn't full of the cheesy one-liners that so many mystery/crime shows and books fall prey to, although it did have 1 or 2 (chapter 13 has a paragraph that ends "He was dead wrong." - LOL).My problem with this book was I found I didn't really get involved in the story and the climax wasn't very exciting. I like a mystery that's really gripping at the end but this one ended as it began, light and fluffy, which is great if you like that kind of story.
—~Sara~
