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A Ton of TroubleIt's March, and Tess Darcy has her hands full, planning both her own June wedding and the renovation to Iris House that will turn her living quarters into a lovely home for herself and Luke. Now she has a house full, and a weighty one at that. Famous aerobics queen Lida Darnell has booked an oversized group of well-heeled fitness wannabes, including radio health know-it-all Dr. Patrice Singleton who's there incognito. Marcia, a recent divorcie with a fascination for UFOs and show more dancing in the nude is accompanied by her sister Dorinda, who's keeping an eye on her unbalanced sibling. Tubby tycoon Rudy Hansel was tricked into showing up by his gorgeous super-model bride. And the most troublesome fitness follower, Heather Brackland, merciless snoop for "The National Scoop," is digging up dirt on her ex-boyfriend-a fitness trainer and now Lida's lover--as well as the rest of the guests--creating a poisonous mix of hungry dieters chewing each other to bits.A Weighty ProblemTesswants no part of the bickering, but when a loud scream pierces the night air, she rushes outside to discover that someone has turned a fitness retreat into a fatal affair. And with a hefty list of suspects and a slim number of clues, Tess has the mammoth task of figuring out who at her quaint little B & B has turned weight reduction into guest reduction. show lessTags
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Jean Hager has written numerous novels, many under the pseudonyms Marlaine Kyle, Amanda McAllister, Sara North and Jeanne Stephens. Hager, who is one-eighth Cherokee and often explores Native American themes in her work. She received the Teepee Trophy award from the Oklahoma Writers Federation for best novel of 1977 for Terror in the Sunlight, and show more best novel of 1979 for Shadow of the Tamaracks. Her other books include A Suitable Marriage (1982), Seven Black Stones (1995), and Masked Dancers (1998). Jean Hager was born in 1932 in Maywood, Illinois. She married Kenneth C. Hager in 1950, and graduated from Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma in 1969. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Weigh Dead
- Original publication date
- 1999
- People/Characters
- Tess Darcy
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