Meet Mrs Melita Pargeter, a vivacious widow with a talent for solving mysteries.

Melita isn’t one for diets. She’s far too busy enjoying the finer things in life.

Even so, when her friend suggests a few days away at a health spa, Melita is happy to tag along. Provided fine wines and steak dinners can stay on the menu.

After all, no one ever died of a little rest and relaxation. Did they?

Melita spots the body of a fellow guest being wheeled out of the spa.

Everyone says it was the woman’s sparrow-like diet that killed her, but Melita’s not so sure.

She saw the terrified expression on the victim’s face before they wheeled her away.

What — or who — was she afraid of?

The truth may be murkier than a Dead Sea mud bath, but Melita’s determined to get to the bottom of it all.

Can she catch the killer before it’s too late?

Fans of Agatha Christie, Nita Prose, M.C. Beaton, The Thursday Murder Club, Faith Martin, Julia Chapman, T.E. Kinsey, Jeanne M. Dams, Janice Hallett and Jane Adams will be hooked from the very first page!