New Releases by JENNIFER CRUSIE

Een gescheiden, werkloze vrouw gaat bij een detectivebureau werken.

Als een jongeman een weddenschap afsluit met vrienden om een bepaalde dame binnen een maand in zijn bed te krijgen, weet hij niet dat de dame in kwestie al gauw op de hoogte is.

High school art teacher Quinn McKenzie''s life is perfectly normal--and it''s making her insane. She''s living with Bill, the nicest guy in Tibbett, Ohio, and he''s crazy about her. Really crazy. Quinn is already having serious doubts about the future of their relationship when Fate intervenes, in the form of the scrawniest, squirmiest scrap of a dog you''d ever want to lay eyes on. She figures if the dog has the good sense to detest Bill on first sight, she ought to pay attention. And besides, there''s Nick Ziegler, local mechanic and totally unsuitable love interest. Of course, that only makes Nick all the more appealing, not to mention his phenomenal aptitude between the sheets, and against the wall, and in the car, and... But getting rid of Bill is harder than Quinn ever expected. In fact, Bill was the last person she would have thought would try to hurt her. Thank God Nick is as capable with a two-by-four as he is with an automobile engine! Jennifer Crusie''s second contemporary romance is a smash--literally! You''ll laugh while you''re tucking the covers around you a little tighter. --Alison Trinkle

On finding a pair of crotchless panties in her husband''s car, Maddie Faraday sets out to get even. But she wants to keep her reputation, too, and in the juggling act that follows, she has a fling with an old flame, is accused of her husband''s murder and turns sleuth to clear her name, lover in tow.