Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh — Simon Brett

Although she's never felt the need to change her own ample form, Mrs Pargeter could see nothing wrong with joining her weight conscious friend at Brotherton Hall Spa.

While Kim strained to lose her excess inches, Mrs P would enjoy a luxurious rest in the health farm's mud-baths. A pleasure entirely the dead of night, she watches the body of a young girl being mysteriously wheeled away.

The death sets Mrs Pargeter off on a furious trail of detection. Because although slimming might be murder, covering up the evidence demands a suitable revenge ...