Another sexy, laugh-out-loud novel from the bestselling author of Welcome to TemptationNell Dysart is living a too small life in a too small apartment. Her marriage is finished, her career is in limbo, and she feels she has the sex appeal of a skeletal giraffe. But things might be about to change, for Nell has landed a job at a down-and-out detective agency with huge potential for redecoration and a boss who looks easy to manage. A quick spot of dachshund napping, blackmail and embezzlement later and Nell can scarcely believe her life was ever dull. But when somebody starts killing people and unprofessional sex becomes a sticky situation, she starts to wonder just how many more thrills one woman's life can withstand . . .Praise for Jennifer Crusie'Scorchio' - B magazine'A superbly funny women-behaving-badly book' - OK!'Life in small-town America is captured with devilish humour' - Elle'Feel-good romp full of jokes, sex, excellent advice and a cracking plot' - Hello!
I've been talking up Agnes and the Hitman lately, and it got me in the mood for a re-read. I wanted something slightly less madcap than Agnes though, so I went with Fast Women.
I've read this book at least half a dozen times - it's one of my favourite Jennifer Crusie books - and it never gets old for me. Its three female leads are all extraordinarily three-dimensional; their marriages extraordinarily realistic; their coping strategies extraordinarily commonplace. I love the interaction between the women, and between the women and their men. What keeps this book from becoming a dreary, depressing drama is the humor that is constant throughout; these people are struggling, but they keep it in perspective.
Add to all of this a delicious murder mystery and for me it was, and still is, love. The mystery is so well plotted, that even when you know how it's going to end, Crusie leaves you surprised at the end.
Chick-lit isn't for everyone, but if you enjoy some dramedy with strong female characters, tossed in with a murder mystery, I don't think you can go wrong giving this a try.
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