A Diet of Death A Jess O'Malley Mystery

Ballyfortnum Get Slim group - putting the die in diet.

In the close-knit Irish village of Ballyfortnum, getting slim might just get you dead. Mystery-lover Jess O'Malley is distraught when her elderly friend dies, but she's also suspicious - he's the third of the local slimming group to die this year and it's only February. Is something amiss in the Get Slim group?

Jess, aided by sidekick Fletcher, her boisterous Labrador, must convince local policeman Marcus that there's a murderer at large in Ballyfortnum. If Jess can't solve the mystery, will another dieter die? And if she doesn't stop asking awkward questions, will Jess become the next victim?

A Diet of Death is the first in this delightful British-style cozy mystery series, which depicts enjoyable snapshots of life in a close-knit Irish community. Jinny Alexander brings all the elements of traditional Golden Age mystery stories to a current-day setting in this beautifully-written series which has been likened to the Richard Osman Thursday Murder Club books, Fiona Leitch's Cornish Village bookss, and MC Beaton's Agatha Raisin series.