Too Big to Miss: An Odelia Grey Mystery - Softcover

Jaffarian, Sue Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595170706 ISBN 13: 9780595170708

Publisher: Writers Club Pr, 2001

Synopsis

An Odelia Grey Mystery

Funny, touching, and thought-provoking mystery of a woman's dogged search for the truth about her friend's death.

Too Big To Miss...that's Odelia Grey, a middle-aged woman of size carving out a life for herself in a world worshipping youth packaged in sizes two and fours. But one day Odelia's tiny world of contented boredom is rocked by the news that her friend Sophie London has committed suicide by putting a gun into her mouth and pulling the trigger. To add to the shock, Sophie's final actions were viewed on the Internet by dozens of people via a web camera. To Odelia it did not make sense. Sophie was a survivor, a beacon of light to women of size, not a despondent victim. Teamed with Greg Stevens, a handsome paraplegic who witnessed the death, Odelia sets out to investigate the truth. But one revelation follows another as she uncovers Sophie's very private past.

About this title

About the Author:

Sue Ann Jaffarian is a full-time paralegal who lives and works in Los Angeles. A member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters In Crime, Sue Ann is the author of three mystery series―Odelia Grey, Ghost of Granny Apples, and Madison Rose―and also writes general fiction and short stories. She is widely sought after as a motivational and humorous speaker.

For the most up-to-date list of all Sue Ann's activities, visit the calendar page at www.sueannjaffarian.com.

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"Sue Ann Jaffarian never fails to make me chuckle with her three mystery series starring paralegal Odelia Grey, ghost Granny Apples, and now Murder in Vein, starring friendly, and not-so-friendly, neighborhood vampires."
―Joanne Fluke, New York Times bestselling author of the Hannah Swensen Mysteries

From Booklist:

"From the first time Adam noticed the shrinkage and explained it to Eve, men have been trying to tell women that size didn't matter." Odelia Grey knows better. At fortysomething, she's five-foot-one, weighing in at 230, and during her life, she's heard all the slurs and suffered all the consequences. Although she still finds comfort in her cookie jar, she's smart, determined, busy, and generally happy. But when her friend, Sophie, an activist for the rights of fat women, commits suicide, Odelia is shocked. She can't believe confident Sophie would kill herself, nor that she did so in full view of subscribers to the X-rated Web site she operated. More surprising secrets? You bet, but even as they unravel, Odelia remains certain there's something strange about Sophie's death. Coincidences abound here, and bits of self-deprecating humor don't always mix well with the underlying big-is-beautiful message. Ophelia, however, is an intriguing character, a true counter against stereotype, who demonstrates that life can be good, even in a world where thin is always in. Stephanie Zvirin
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About this edition

• Publisher: Writers Club Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0595170706
• ISBN 13: 9780595170708
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264