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Size 12 Is Not Fat: A Heather Wells Mystery (Heather Wells Mysteries) [Paperback]

Meg Cabot
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December 27, 2005 Heather Wells Mysteries

Heather Wells Rocks!

Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two -- and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days of endless mall appearances are in the past, Heather's perfectly happy with her new size 12 shape (the average for the American woman!) and her new job as an assistant dorm director at one of New York's top colleges. That is, until the dead body of a female student from Heather's residence hall is discovered at the bottom of an elevator shaft.

The cops and the college president are ready to chalk the death off as an accident, the result of reckless youthful mischief. But Heather knows teenage girls . . . and girls do not elevator surf. Yet no one wants to listen -- not the police, her colleagues, or the P.I. who owns the brownstone where she lives -- even when more students start turning up dead in equally ordinary and subtly sinister ways. So Heather makes the decision to take on yet another new career: as spunky girl detective!

But her new job comes with few benefits, no cheering crowds, and lots of liabilities, some of them potentially fatal. And nothing ticks off a killer more than a portly ex-pop star who's sticking her nose where it doesn't belong . . .


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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Starred Review. Bag the tiara and get out the gun: Heather Wells, former teen idol, turns detective in the cute debut of a new mystery series from bestseller Cabot (The Princess Project and other titles in her Princess Diaries series). After the 20-something Heather's rocker boyfriend dumps her, and her mother and manager flee with her earnings, she becomes an assistant director of an undergraduate residence hall at Manhattan's New York College (read: NYU) in hopes of free tuition. When students start to die mysteriously while "elevator surfing" in the building, weight-conscious, romance-obsessed Heather goes on a crazed hunt to uncover the truth—with an unwavering sense of style. As Magda, Heather's dorm cashier friend, says: "Even if the rest of your life is going down the toilet... at least your toes can still look pretty." Cabot delivers Heather's amateur sleuthing adventures in a rapid-fire narrative that may leave some readers begging for time-outs to control sudden laughing fits.
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At 28, former teen-pop-star Heather Wells feels as though she has lost everything: her family and fortune (her mom fled the country with Heather's earnings), her recording contract, her slender waistline, and her fiance, Jordan, a philandering, boy-band singer. Then Jordan's brother, Cooper, a dreamy private investigator and family black sheep, offers Heather room and board in exchange for clerical work, and she finds an additional job as a residence-hall director at a nearby Greenwich Village university. After several female students turn up dead at the dorm, Heather takes on her own stealthy investigation and finds herself the target of the killer. In the first title in her Heather Wells series, Cabot combines a fairly straightforward mystery with a single-girl-in-the-city plot in which Heather triumphs over cheating guys, bad luck, and a fattist society. Most of the characters are two-dimensional, but Heather's strong, amusing voice, the plot twists, and the possibility of romance will draw mystery and chick-lit readers alike. Gillian Engberg
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; First Edition edition (December 27, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0060525118
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060525118
  • Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (124 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #199,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I write! Books for you, your sister, your best friend, your mother . . . . even for men with good taste!

Most of my time is spent over at my website, http://megcabot.com, so be sure to stop by!

UK, New Zealand, and Australia fans, visit http://www.megcabot.co.uk.

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Customer Reviews

This book was very cute, a fun read. A. Coate  |  28 reviewers made a similar statement
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44 of 47 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Cabot Takes the Mystery World By Storm January 5, 2006
Format:Paperback
Twenty-eight-year-old Heather Wells rocked out when she was a teen, as a pop star that toured local malls with the boy band Easy Street. But once she stopped being a teenager, started packing on the pounds, and decided she wanted to write her own songs, Heather lost it all. Her recording contract was promptly taken away, her mother took off with her manager and all of her money to Argentina, and her boyfriend, Easy Street member, Jordan Cartwright, dumped her for the newest hot pop star, Tania Trace. But Heather is finally getting her life back on track. She's the Assistant Residence Hall Director at New York College, and she's even shacking up with one of the hottest guys on earth - okay, just as friends - Cooper Cartwright, Jordan's estranged, private eye brother. But when the body of a female co-ed from Heather's residence hall is discovered at the bottom of an elevator shaft, and everyone claims it's just an accident, Heather knows better, because she knows girls, and girls don't elevator surf. Then another body appears, and Heather knows that two accidents in two weeks is utterly impossible. So she begins investigating. The only problem, by the time she finds out who the killer is, it may be too late...for her.

Meg Cabot is one of the most colorful writers on the market right now. She can take any genre, and turn it into something marvelous. SIZE 12 IS NOT FAT is no exception. Meg takes three very unlikely subjects: pop stars, dorm directors, and detectives, and mixes them into one very intriguing book that is utterly impossible to put down. Heather Wells, like Meg's previous characters, is charming, with a witty sense of humor, and various complaints about her imperfections, that make her an easy character to relate to. A highly enjoyable, laugh-out-loud funny look into the life of an ex-pop star, that must be read while eating a Dove Bar. With just one book, Cabot has taken the mystery world by storm, and proves that there's a lot more Heather Wells where this came from. And I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest books I've ever read. September 12, 2006
Format:Paperback
Right now I'm wondering why this book only has four stars. I personally found it one of Ms. Cabot's best works. It has everything that a good book needs: A little mystery, a main character who is likable and who has some faults, and romance.

Okay, and there's two really hot guys in here too. But give me a break. Guys are one of my few weaknesses. Along with chocolate.

Anyway, I really enjoyed this story. I usually read Christian based novels, but this one didn't have anything too bad in it.

Basically, if you want a quick summary of this book, its about a woman in her late twenties that used to be a singer but gained some weight and now works in a college dorm. She lives with her ex-fiances brother, Cooper, rent free, and has a doggie, whose name I have forgotten.

Some mysterious things start to happen around the dorm and two young girls die "elevator surfing." Our heroine does not for a second believe this and investigates things with the help of Cooper, who does that kind of thing for a living.

That's really about it. I don't want to give away what happens, so I won't. But I will say that in order to find out how everything ends, we will all have to read the sequel, which comes out sometime late this year.

I can hardly wait. I hope you enjoy this story. If anything, you will enjoy Cooper. You can't not enjoy Cooper. He's just too hot for words.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Light, fun reading that's typical of Cabot June 4, 2007
Format:Paperback
While not a literary mystery or a particularly well-crafted one, Cabot has a casual and engaging style and Heather Wells is a very likable character in her puppy dog eagerness. What makes her characters so effective for me is how everyday they are. While I won't generalize and say that all women are like her somewhat neurotic characters, I think she does a good job of portraying the insecurities and worries with which women in general deal. Cabot's novels are light and effervescent and always make for a pleasant read.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Meg Cabot hit
This was a fun, fast paced book. A few concepts were repeated more often than I thought necessary (resident hall not a dorm, size 12 is the size of the average woman are two... Read more
Published 2 days ago by Kay Elam
3.0 out of 5 stars Was okay
I'm picky about writing quality. Meg Cabot is good at plot, but her writing needs some work. Or maybe I just don't care too highly for her voice. Read more
Published 6 days ago by JDTwist
4.0 out of 5 stars great book!
I love Meg Cabot-if I had to choose a favorite author, I would probably pick her. Though the plot line-the mystery, in this case-isn't overly unique and intriguing, the characters... Read more
Published 28 days ago by Kayla
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun read!
This is the first book I've read by this author and I was pleasantly surprised by the humor and entertaining characters provided by this book. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Marie A. E. Luna
3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining but not much more...
Size Twelve is Not Fat by Meg Cabot is a light-hearted easy to read mystery showcasing the post-popstar life of Heather Wells. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Scott Allen
1.0 out of 5 stars Why such good reviews
I am an avid reader. On average I read 3 books per week and love mysteries, chic lit, young-adult fiction, etc. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Sarah Davis
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!!!!
If you like the Stephanie plum novels by Janet evanovich you will love this. They share a very similar writing style. I could not put this book down. Read more
Published 4 months ago by steffie
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable light reading
What I really like about Meg Cabot is that she is funny and entertaining. It's also relatable. I also enjoy the boy band references because I was huge Britney and Nsync fan. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Maggie Lane
4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly What You Love About Meg Cabot
A quick and easy read. In true Meg Cabot fashion, I was quickly drawn in by Heather Wells, and rooting for her to solve the crime. It also was quite funny. Read more
Published 7 months ago by jmn89
4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Story
Heather Wells was a raging pop star until, at the peak of her career, she decided to open her big mouth and sang the wrong note. Read more
Published 7 months ago by laurenlove
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