Big Boned by Meg Cabot, 3 1/2

Book description: Life is reasonably rosy for plus-size ex-pop star turned Assistant Dormitory Director and sometime sleuth Heather Wells. Her freeloading ex-con dad is finally moving out. She still yearns for her hot landlord, Cooper Cartwright, but her relationship with "rebound beau," vigorous vegan math professor Tad Tocco, is more than satisfactory. Best of all, nobody has died lately in "Death Dorm," the aptly nicknamed student residence that Heather assistant-directs. Of course every silver lining ultimately has some black cloud attached. And when the latest murdered corpse to clutter up her jurisdiction turns out to be her exceedingly unlovable boss, Heather finds herself on the shortlist of prime suspects—along with the rabble-rousing boyfriend of her high-strung student assistant and an indecently handsome young campus minister who's been accused of taking liberties with certain girls' choir members.

With fame beckoning her back into show business (as the star of a new kids' show!) it's a really bad time to get wrapped up in another homicide. Plus Tad's been working himself up to ask her a Big Question, which Heather's not sure she has an answer for . . .

Review: Big Boned is the third Heather Wells mystery book. As with the other books in the series, the mystery is light and the writing is fun. I was worried that the strange insta boyfriend Heather obtained at the end of the second book would make this one less enjoyable. Fortunately, I was satisfied with the twists Heather love life took in this book. I thought this was going to be the last book in the series but Meg Cabot’s website says she’s planning two more. I’ll be sure to pick them up because there is still a lot of potential in this series.

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