Too Big to Miss

Odelia Grey Mystery, Book 1

By: Sue Ann Jaffarian

Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith

Too big to miss―that's Odelia Grey. A never-married, middle-aged, plus-sized woman who makes no excuses for her weight, she's not super woman just a mere mortal standing on the precipice of menopause, trying to cruise in an ill-fitting bra. She struggles with her relationships, her crazy family, and her crazier boss. And then there's her knack for being in close proximity to dead people . . .

When her close friend Sophie London commits suicide in front of an online web-cam by putting a gun in her mouth and pulling the trigger, Odelia's life is changed forever. Sophie, a plus-sized activist and inspiration to imperfect women, is the last person anyone would ever have expected to end her own life. Suspecting foul play, Odelia is determined to get to the bottom of her friend's death. Odelia's search for the truth takes her from southern California strip malls to the world of live web-cam porn to the ritzy enclave of Corona del Mar.

©2006, 2020 Sue Ann Jaffarian (P)2025 Tantor Media

Unique murder mystery

I'm as big fan of murder mysteries and thought I'd seen it all at least once. This one surprised me with a sleuth who is - 'in the only class of people that it's still acceptable to discriminate against' - obese. Odelia Grey may be overweight, but a she is also smart, engaging, and respected (at least by those who matter). I've added her to my list of book characters that I think of as friends, because of she were a real person that I knew. we'd most likely be friends. The author does an excellent job of putting Odelia in realistic danger, during realistic circumstances. The conclusion was surprising, exciting and also realistic. I've already downloaded the next one and will be starting it today. The narrator's performance was perfect.