Title: Murder can crash your party
Description: Full-figured Manhattan P.I. Desiree Shapiro doesn't like public speaking—so she's surprised when her talk at a mystery writers' convention is a hit. But she receives an even bigger surprise when eccentric author Belle Simone approaches her with a truly bizarre proposition.If Desiree can solve the mystery in Belle's yet unpublished novel, she'll be paid $24,940! Desiree is engrossed by Belle's story of adultery and murder. But the real mystery is: why someone would pay her such an exorbitant sum to solve a homicide that exists only on paper?
Subjects: Desiree Shapiro (Fictitious character), Fiction, Mystery, Overweight women, Women private investigators, Large type books, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, New york (n.y.), fiction, Shapiro, desiree (fictitious character), fiction, Private investigators, fiction
Places: New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State)