Big Boned

September 17, 2007
Cabot's cute third crime fest featuring Heather Wells, teen pop sensation turned 20-something college student (last seen in 2006's Size 14 Is Not Fat Either
), tackles the recent graduate student union controversy at NYU-like New York College head-on. Heather is paying her tuition by working at the college's Fischer Hall, a residence hall nicknamed “Death Dorm” after several recent murders. She's also semisecretly dating Tad Tocco, her remedial math prof, while pining for her neighbor and true love, Cooper, a PI who's not happy about Tad but has difficulty expressing his feelings. When Fisher Hall's interim director, Dr. Owen Veatch, is murdered, Sebastian Blumenthal, a Graduate Student Collective protest leader, becomes the prime suspect. A tip that Blumenthal is innocent leads Heather into some tight spots. Thankfully, Tad has coaxed her into working out occasionally, and she's more than able to squirm out of trouble while never losing that perky princess Cabot vibe that keeps fans coming back for more.

November 15, 2007
Former rock star Heather Wells has nothing to show for her lucrative career after her mother stole allher money and moved to another country. After picking herself up by her hypothetical bootstraps, Heather leases a room from her former boyfriends brother, Cooper Cartwright, an investigator, in exchange for doing his billing and keeping his accounts. She also finds work as an assistant residence-hall director at New York College. Heathers love life picks up, too, withTad Tocco, who, except for his overlyhealthy lifestyle, is practically perfect. Then, just as life is looking pretty good, another murder is linked toFischer Hall, theDeath Dorm.Interim director Dr. Owen Veatch is shot to death, and all signs lead to the militant Sebastian Blumenthal, whos leading the fight to unionize.But Heather thinks Sebastian is innocent and, casting caution aside, sets out to prove it.Versatile and popular Cabot has written another clever and funny installmentin her Heather Wells mystery series.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2007, American Library Association.)