Female Intelligence

"Hilarious." – USA TODAY "Dead-on and hilarious."—BOOKLIST Lynn Wyman, creator and master of The Wyman Method, lives a dream life. After years of success running her own private practice that teaches men how to communicate with women, and now penning a bestseller, she's on the cusp of scoring her own TV show. It's a busy time, but thanks to her patented method, her home life is doing just fine. Kip, husband and poster child for The Wyman Method, is always sure to have dinner ready just as Lynn walks through the door. He's sensitive, thoughtful, responsible—and he's been seeing someone else. Lynn is heartbroken when she discovers him cheating, but to make matters worse, the tabloids have just found out. She's ruined. Mourning her career with her girlfriends one day, Lynn picks up the "America's Toughest Bosses" issue of Fortune magazine, featuring macho bad boy CEO Brandon Brock. Struck with a brilliant scheme, she sets off to seduce this... What's a golf widow to do when her commodities trader husband only has eyes for his putter? If she's Judy Price, she teams up with a sexy cop to solve the murder of her one-and-only friend at the country club. Judy Price has a handsome husband, a career as a cookbook editor, and a landmark house on two sylvan acres. But when Judy is downsized by her company and can't find another job, her husband suggests she network by hanging around at The Oaks, the country club he reveres and she abhors. She chafes at the antiquated rules at the Club, where she's banned from the Men's Grill and the "visually eventful" 18-hole golf course, and consigned to B-list tennis, overcooked dinners in the main dining room, and the gossip of other golf widows. Judy finds an unexpected ally in Claire Cox, America's foremost feminist, who has broken the Club's ironclad rule against admitting single women. And there are other things about The Oaks Claire wants to change – until she's found dead in a sand trap on the golf course – bludgeoned with the golf pro's pitching wedge. When ruggedly handsome local detective Tom Cunningham asks Judy to secretly investigate, she finds herself changing from a conventional wife into a daring woman – one willing to risk her life to bring a killer to justice and a husband to his senses. "A good-natured murder story with the appealing camp of a TV movie-of-the-week."—KIRKUS "Warmth, humor and engaging characters are all elements that make Jane Heller's newest tale of skullduggery in the suburbs a true delight to read. If you haven't tried a Jane Heller novel yet, don't miss this one."—RT BOOK REVIEWS When a golf club’s first single female member is murdered, spunky club wife Judy Mills takes a swing at sleuthing in this “witty, well-plotted” mystery (Publishers Weekly). Judy Mills has it all: A handsome husband, a thriving career, and a landmark house on two sylvan acres. But when Judy is downsized by her company, her husband suggests she networks with members at The Oaks, the country club he reveres and she abhors. Judy knows the misogyny at the antiquated club is all par for the course, but she finds an unexpected ally in Claire Cox, a staunch feminist who has broken the club’s ironclad rule against admitting single women. There are other things about The Oaks that Claire intends to change—until she’s found dead in a sand trap on the golf course. When ruggedly handsome Det. Tom Cunningham asks Judy to secretly investigate, she agrees to shed the role of complacent club wife to become an amateur sleuth. One willing to risk her life to bring a killer to justice, and just maybe bring her golf-obsessed husband to his senses . . . “Heller delivers perfect reading for the beach—or pool-side at the club.” —Publishers Weekly