Full-figured Manhattan P.I. Desiree Shapiro doesn"t like public speaking-so she"s surprised when her talk at a mystery writers" convention is a hit. But she receives an even bigger surprise when eccentric author Belle Simone approaches her with a truly bizarre proposition. If Desiree can solve the mystery in Belle"s yet unpublished novel, she"ll be paid $24,940! Desiree is engrossed by Belle"s story of adultery and murder. But the real mystery is: why someone would pay her such an exorbitant sum to solve a homicide that exists only on paper?