Killer Calories: A Savannah Reid Mystery - Softcover

G. A. McKevett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1597220922 ISBN 13: 9781597220927

Publisher: Wheeler Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

The irresistible combination of murder and money brings sassy, savvy, full-figured P.I. Savannah Reid to a health spa to investigate the death of owner and former cult-flick actress Kat Valentina. The medical examiner called it an accidental mixture of booze and a hot tub, but Savannah's anonymous client thinks otherwise. If the exercise and nasty spa cuisine doesn't kill Savannah, there's a murderer close by who might finish the job.

About this title

About the Author:

G.A. McKevett is the author of the acclaimed Savannah Reid mystery series. Also writing under the name Sonja Massie, she has authored over 60 books ranging from cozy mysteries, to historical romances, to nonfiction works on the history of Ireland. Her earthy humor and fast-paced plots delight her fans, while critics applaud her offbeat characterizations and incisive observations on human nature. Irish by ancestry, she has lived in Toronto, Ireland and Los Angeles, but now resides in New York. Readers can visit her online at www.SonjaMassie.com.

From Kirkus Reviews:

A third chapter in the adventures of voluptuous, Georgia-born Savannah Reid (Bitter Sweets, 1996, etc.), who now runs the Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency in San Carmelita, after a stint in the local police force. When Kat Valentina, a promiscuous onetime disco queen, is found dead in a mud bath at the Royal Palms spa--owned by Kat and husband Lou Hanks--the coroner's verdict is accidental death. Savannah, though, has received an anonymous letter, accompanied by a wad of cash, with a promise of more to come, asking her to investigate further. Her part-time assistant Tammy also works at the spa, and Savannah, leaving behind her beloved chocolate and doughnuts, checks in for an extended stay. Engineering a series of nosy interrogations and unauthorized room searches, Savannah quickly uncovers a slew of candidates for Kat's murder: Lou Hanks, beneficiary of her life insurance policy, which could save his failing enterprise; spa doctor Freeman Ross, who'd diagnosed Kat with breast cancer and was prepared, maybe, to do a Dr. Kevorkian; trainer Dion Zeller, frantically attempting to protect a secret he feared would be revealed; Phoebe and Ford Chesterfield--brother and sister--rich owners of the estate bordering Royal Palms who battled over Kat's campaign to seduce Ford. And there's more, in between Savannah's consultations with slobby Dirk Coulter, an old pal still on the police force; her escapes to forbidden foods with elegant gay friends John and Ryan; lots of raunchy dialogue; and, finally, a solution as silly as the rest of this hyperactive, overextended, mildly vulgar exercise. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wheeler Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1597220922
• ISBN 13: 9781597220927
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384