Melanie Deming Manhattan Mystery: Killer Calories : A Melanie Deming Manhattan Mystery (Series #1) (Paperback)

From bestselling author of the Difficult Man books comes a new Manhattan mystery series. This is book one is the seriesSpend time in the Big Apple with wise-cracking amateur sleuth Melanie Deming, as she follows clues from glamorous Park Avenue mansions to gritty soup kitchens. Melanie's a snarky writer and health fanatic who shockingly discovers the body of her good-looking co-worker. She's no Lois Lane and is scared of every germ, yet Melanie must have justice for her friend. Devon, a blue-eyed hard-to-resist journalist, wants Melanie for a screenplay about the murder, and more. Melanie can have the success she's dreamed of and a man of her dreams, but she could lose her marriage and her life searching for a killer who now threatens her. Why couldn't she be satisfied with a normal job and the boring life her husband wants?Underneath all the zany fun are some astute observations on marriage, the super rich, and class differences.