."Once upon a time, close to Vincent's forty-third birthday, his doctor finally tells it's diet or die sooner than later. Bluntly Dr. Spinelli says: Lose 100+ pounds in one year or count your blessings on your way to the Emergency Room. Chucking his obsessive cornucopia was the first and hardest step. His new, uncompromising life did not endear him to family and friends. Nor did he expect his journey to losing a banquet of pounds would lead to murder, mayhem, and the love of his bachelor life."