The Thin Woman

In this delectable debut that earned her instant acclaim, award-winning author Dorothy Cannell serves up a cozy murder mystery to be savored . . .Ellie Simons stands to inherit her Uncle Merlin’s huge English country house. But on three utterly bizarre conditions. she must lose 63 pounds (rude!). she must marry the fake fiancé she’s been passing off as her true love all weekend. And she must catch whoever killed Uncle Merlin in the first place.Her family constantly mock her single status (and her weight!), so Ellie hired a boyfriend for this latest awful family reunion at Merlin’s Court. Bentley T. Haskell is devastatingly handsome and so annoying — and he’s making this fake engagement very difficult . . .But Bentley and her catty family are the least of Ellie’s worries. Uncle Merlin’s death looks more than a little bit like murder. Which can only mean one thing. One of her horrid relatives is the killer . . .