Throw Darts at a Cheesecake, by Denise Dietz

Retrieved from: the free rack at the library
(0373263341), 1992
Suggested by: no one; this one's my own fault
My Ratings: 1 Merit, 1 Interest, 3 Fun

I think I grabbed this before I went out of town sometime. I just 'refound' it buried on my nightstand. The positive of the book is that it didn't take long to read, and I did finish it to find out if I was right about whodunnit. And that's about all for positives....

So, who knew that the singer from Fleetwood Mac was Stevie Nix? And that John Denver's birth name was John Dusseldorf? Here I was, blithely thinking that they are Stevie Nicks and John Deutschendorf. The latter is especially egregious since the book is set in Colorado Springs, about 70 miles from where he used to live.

Yes, and the author thanks her editor in the acknowledgements.

Story? A Weight-Watchers-type program is a breeding ground for murders. There are only so many people in a group who could know when members are approaching their goal weight. Whoever the murderer is kills people off as they approach or achieve the ultimate weight loss.

The concept is ok, not stellar, The execution was scattershot and ... well, I won't be reading any more of Dietz.