When flashy, four-times-divorced Marilee

Wallace runs her pink, vintage Cadillac convert-

ible into conservative Karen Travis s battered

Volkswagen, their collision propels the two onto

a course of mayhem, mystery, and the most

unlikely marriage of minds that Santa Fe has ever

experienced. From Marilee s flamboyant clothes

to her conniving antics, Karen learns more

about love and life than she ever did as the dutiful

wife and daughter she was before her own

marriage ended.

In an effort to free them both from their post-

divorce poverty, Marilee convinces Karen that

she must find herself a new husband--one who

will, hopefully, benefit Karen and Marilee both--

but the two unsuspecting women never dream

that their scheme will uncover a botbed of crime

and involve all of Marilee s ex-husbands, some

lovable, some despicable, but all of whom am

totally enamored of the femme fatale to whom

they were once married.

The wild, crazy romp that Marilee and Karen

embark on in the arty, unconventional commu-

nity of Santa Fe soon turns the town on its ear,as,

in an attempt to solve a crime and absolve the

innocent, Marilee and Karen outsmart the police

and take the reader on a fast-paced frolic through

the American Southwest.