Pampered to Death: A Jaine Austen Mystery - Softcover

While being tortured at a weight loss health spa, Jaine Austen has one week to solve the murder of B-list movie star Mallory Francis, who was found strangled with a piece of kelp after a seaweed wrap.

When freelance writer Jaine Austen is surprised with an uber-luxe spa getaway, she and her feline pal Prozac are eager to hit the road and bask in a week of pampering and pedicures. But what she gets is a California fat farm in disguise, complete with celery-juice cocktails, humiliating weigh-ins, and a zero-tolerance position on carbs. Among her bulge-battling companions is Mallory Francis, a B-list movie star with a knack for making frenemies. When she's found strangled during a seaweed wrap gone awry, Jaine is hard-pressed to think of anyone who couldn't have done it. While the suspects mount faster than her hunger pangs, Jaine's search for truth, justice and contraband calories leads her straight to a cold-blooded killer - where murder may be on the menu once again...