Nell, Suze y Margie se casaron con los hermanos Dysart, con desigual fortuna.Deprimida tras su divorcio, Nell deambula por la vida hasta que Suze le consigue empleo en una pequena y modesta agencia de detectives, con un jefe a primeravista facil de manejar.Gabe tampoco esta satisfecho con su vida. Su agencia esta perdiendo dinero con un caso de extorsion y su mujer lo ha dejado... otra vez. Lo unico bueno es sunueva secretaria, que parece eficiente y docil. Pero una cosa lleva a la otra, y pronto Nell y Gabe estan felices. Hasta que de pronto alguien empieza a matargente. Y poco despues, comienza el amor...

More than one romance wrapped up in a mystery. This was an excellent book with offbeat characters who have married wrongly for the wrong reasons. In that, it’s as though they’ve taken years to grow up enough to recognise true love when it comes along. Nell is an excellent main character, although the relationships circle around three women. I like all the parts of this book, but I didn’t love it as much as I feel I should and find it hard to say why. Maybe because it contains darker themes than some of her other books, and it takes a long time to find an answer to the mystery involving a lot more characters than most of her books contain. Characters from wealthy backgrounds who are terribly conniving, though they’ve met their match when they attempt to manipulate Nell. Or because I sometimes got a little frustrated with Nell and Gabe, which made me wonder if their relationship could ever work, but I liked how Nell changed. It’s still a fabulous book despite my feelings. And Crusie’s dog stars are always good for a laugh. ( )

It was a quick read, enjoyable. Parts of it were frustrating - I'm a pretty straight-forward person so when people don't communicate or don't stand up for themselves, well, frustrating. The references to our local area were nice to see. Free sex isn't my kind of read either, but it wasn't too bad. For a quick, easy read, I will probably read others of hers. ( )

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. ( )

Crusie expands her usual chicklit screwball romance here to include some mystery elements, but the whole thing remains pretty frothy.

When divorcee Nell Dysart takes a "temporary" job in the offices of McKenna Investigations, the last thing she's looking for is a new romance. So of course sparks fly between her and her boss, mostly because she wants to "fix" things he thinks don't need fixing.

Great fun, hot sex, and an occasional dead body on the plus side; a complicated set of family connections on the minus. Still an entertaining read. ( )