Retrieved from: the sale shelf at my library0312980159, 2001
Suggested by: I've read Crusie before; her books are fun and funny and perfect for vacations
My Ratings: 6 Merit, 5 Interest, 8 Fun
OK, the only reason this scores so low is that I'm not really a romance-reader, as a general rule. But,if I were, I'd read a lot of books by Crusie. They are funny, the characters are relatively believable, and there are damn few "heaving bosoms."
We first meet Nell at her job interview, her first after divorcing her husband almost two years ago. (Oh, to be well-off, with unspecified income...) Her potential employer is the owner of a detective agency desperately in need of cleaning supplies and paint. She doesn't fit, he doesn't want her, but somehow she finds herself employed...and at work with him over fixing things. She also discovers that the previous secretary was embezzling, so she goes to the woman's house to demand restitution. She returns with a check to cover the losses. Who wouldn't like a secretary like this?!
After many adventures, of course Nell and Gabe (her boss) admit that they've fallen for each other, but there is this pesky problem of continuing to fight over updating the office, and the other pesky problem of dead bodies somewhat randomly appearing.
Cute, quick, fun. Great vacation read. Nothing memorable, though, outside of some great put-downs....
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