Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot (book 1 of Heather Wells series)

Synopsis (courtesy of Amazon.com)
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.

Thoughts
I really enjoyed reading this book because of the infusion of chick lit + mystery rolled into one. The main character is loveable as an ex-superstart singer (think Britney at 15 and before the drugs) who has lost control of her waistline (ooh fatty!). The mystery element adds in a touch of excitement; all in all, its one of the better reads out there in the chick lit genre when you want something funny and interesting.

Verdict
Great! 4.5/5