PAMPERED TO DEATH
Book ID/图书代码： 14780011B45058
English Summary/英文概要： Jaine Austen is looking forward to an indulgent spa getaway—until she learns it’s more about deprivation than relaxation. Between miniscule meals and a deadly brush with fame, surviving this vacation will be no piece of cake...
When Jaine’s friend Lance surprises her with a trip to The Haven, an über-luxe health spa on the California coast, she and her feline pal Prozac are eager to hit the road and bask in a week of pampering and pedicures. But upon their arrival, she discovers that this oasis in the hills is merely a fat farm in disguise, complete with celery-juice cocktails, humiliating weigh-ins, and a zero-tolerance position on carbs. And as she gets to know her fellow inmates, she realizes 300-calorie dinners aren’t the craziest thing she’ll be dealing with.
Among her bulge-battling companions is Mallory Francis, a B-list movie star with a knack for making frenemies with everyone she meets. When she’s found strangled during a seaweed wrap gone awry, Jaine is hard-pressed to think of anyone who couldn’t have done it. Perhaps it was Kendra, Mallory’s bitter sister-slash-personal assistant. Or maybe Clint, a macho former co-star whose dirtiest secret is in danger of being undressed in the drama queen’s upcoming memoir. Or was it The Havens’ pretty young masseuse, driven to commit a crime of passion when Mallory seduced her aerobics instructor husband Sven?
With the suspects mounting faster than her hunger pangs, Jaine doesn’t know who to believe. And when her search for truth, justice and contraband calories leads her straight to the cold-blooded killer, it seems murder may be on the menu once again...
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 杰恩•奥斯汀期待一个放纵的SPA假期——直到她意识到这个假期困乏更比轻松多。在小伙食和名誉之间的致命冲刷，幸好这个假期没有蛋糕。 杰恩的朋友兰斯去港口旅行给了她一个大大的惊喜，她的朋友去了加州海岸的一个SPA水疗中心疗养，杰恩和她的宠物猫“百忧解”极度渴望休闲，懒散的晒太阳，并且受到精心的护理照料。但当她们到达的时候，她发现这个绿洲小山只不过是一个肥沃的农场伪装而成的。充满了冒牌的鸡尾酒，令人丢脸的肥硕体重和碳水化合物。而令她惊讶的是，她的同住者认为，300卡路里的晚餐并不是什么疯狂的事。
杰恩在马洛里弗朗西斯的同伴，一个二流影星，有着糜烂的私生活。当她被发现歪斜着披肩，死于海草窒息时，杰恩看来，谁都可能是凶手。也许是肯德拉，马洛里尖刻妹妹的严厉私人助理。或者，也有可能是克林特，一个过气男星，他最肮脏的秘密处于即将被暴露在喜剧皇后回忆录的危险之中。或者是天堂场所的年轻漂亮的女按摩师，可能迫于压力而导致犯罪，当马洛里勾引了她的健美操指导员老公。
随着犯罪嫌疑人的增长速度比她的饥饿剧痛来得更快时，杰恩不知道还有谁可以相信。并且当她在寻找真相的道路上，追求正义和走私禁运品带着她一直走向冷血的杀手，而似乎，在凶手的谋杀黑名单上又将再一次出现牺牲者…(兼职翻译-YZH)
Awards/获奖情况：莱文令人兴奋的作品《杰恩•奥斯汀之谜》（继2010年出版的《亡妻的奖品》）以一个自由职业者的文笔塑造了一个给人十分慵懒的主人公形象。一个为富人准备的优雅SPA，一场娇惯的洛杉矶沿海之游，因为减肥每天严格控制摄入900卡路里的食物。发生在马洛里和她狡猾朋友之间的事情不会得到任何光明的到来，二流影星马洛里的老朋友，一个SPA场所的拥有者使得生活显得更困难。这位女演员不断的打击她的助理/妹妹肯德拉，无耻的与已婚人士调情，当马洛里被海藻勒死，没人觉得内疚和抱歉。杰恩，书中的主人公，因为询问了太多问题而使得自己陷入了险境。犹如章回体小说一样，杰恩的智慧照耀着整本小说。——《出版周报》
About the Author/作者介绍： 劳拉•莱文是一个家喻户晓的作家，她的作品包括前情景剧《鲍勃•纽哈特秀》、《拉维恩和雪莉》、《杰弗森一家》、《爱之船》、《三家公司》、《玛丽•哈特曼》等。作为一名广告文案，她的作品发表在《华盛顿邮报》和《洛杉矶时报》上。当她化身为最神秘小说家之前，她一直是一个平装畅销书的冠军作家。当不再创作神秘小说，她创作了以喜剧为题材的《加里森大草原的伙伴们》。目前她和她的丈夫还有她的宠物猫一起住在洛杉矶。 Laura Levine is a former sitcom writer whose credits include The Bob Newhart Show, Laverne & Shirley, The Jeffersons, The Love Boat, Three’s Company, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. As an advertising copywriter, she created Count Chocula and Frankenberry cereals for General Mills. Her work has been published in The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times.
In her latest (and favorite) incarnation as a mystery novelist, she has been an IMBA paperback bestseller and winner of the Romantic Times’ Toby Bromberg award for Most Humorous Mystery.
When not writing mysteries, she contributes comedy material to Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and her cat.
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