[sufue]

A Diet to Die For is the 5th in the Claire Malloy series by Joan Hess. I suspect (without much reason for the suspicion ) that this series is the lesser known of Hess' two main series - the other is her Maggody series. But it's my preferred of the two, mostly because I laugh a lot at the interactions between Claire and her daughter, Caron.

(Don't get me wrong, I also like Hess' Maggody series, just like this one more...)

In any case, Diet has dropped to £1.21 at Kindle UK.

link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diet-Claire...dp/B00LEG005O/

Spoiler:

Claire Malloy believes there is just one thing better than chocolate...and it's not jumping around in an aerobics class. Nonetheless, she gets roped into accompanying a chubby heiress named Maribeth to Faberville, Arkansas's hottest new fitness centre. Personally, Claire thinks the best way for Maribeth to lose 160 unnecessary pounds would be to dump her abusive husband. But while Claire's teenage daughter Caron unsuccessfully tries every fad diet she can find (as long as it doesn't mean cutting out pizza), Claire has to admit Maribeth's commitment to diet, workouts, and supplements is working...until things go horribly wrong. Besides becoming moonstruck over the big-muscled fitness instructor, Maribeth is acting loony outside the gym as well. And when she ends up "accidentally" dead, Claire starts to exercise her instincts for crime . . . and hunt for a killer.