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Warm, winsome and weight-bedeviled Savannah Reid, proprietor of the Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency in coastal San Carmelita, Calif., goes undercover as a plus-size fashion model in McKevett's winning ninth outing, a step up from last year's family-angst-laden Death by Chocolate. When full-figured model Cait Connor turns up dead in her bathroom, stifled in a "vapor-impermeable suit," her bereaved husband blames an overly rigorous exercise routine and the manufacturer of Slenda Flakes, the cereal Cait had been hired to promote - if she could lose 30 pounds in 60 days. But after the death of another plus-size model working for the same cereal company, struck by a hit-and-run driver while she's on an early morning jog, it's clear murder's afoot. Posing as a model, Savannah gets on the killer's trail, aided by police detective Dirk Coulter and the computer expertise of her bright young assistant, Tammy Hart. The arrival from Georgia of a demanding sister of Savannah's, who suddenly moves in to follow up an Internet romance, complicates the sleuthing without slowing the plot. Food lore, a good puzzle, an exciting climax and cats with their therapeutic purring all add to the fun.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Full-figured herself and quite comfortable in her own skin, private eye Savannah Reid is more than willing to take on a case investigating the recent death of two plus-size models she personally admired. The first death is tragic but seems pretty unmysterious. A spokesmodel for Slenda Flakes cereal died of heatstroke during a frantic exercise regime to shed pounds for a new ad campaign. But when a second model working for the same company becomes the victim of a hit-and-run driver, Savannah refuses to chalk it up to coincidence, especially when the women's agent asks her to get to the bottom of this flaky case. With profits at Savannah's Moonlight Magnolia Detective Agency dwindling, she agrees to don a swimsuit and suck in her gut to blend in at a plus-size photo shoot. But as Savannah smiles for the camera and keeps her eyes and ears open for clues, she discovers that she may have bitten off more than she can chew. Sue Stone

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