SOLVED. Hilarious Scene of Protagonist's pantyhose malfunction [s]

[Angela]

Clues: story set in No Cal or Pacific NW; female protagonist is a professor or writer by trade; her husband is an environmental scientist; she uncovers a crime being committed by her husband's employer; there is a hilarious scene in which she is at a cocktail party for her husband and her pantyhose begin to fall down and she can't stop them.

[Kris]

Angela, I moved your request to the "Unsolved" folder because you're looking for a specific book.

What year did you read this book?

[Angela]

Okay, thanks! Maybe 12 years ago?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Duplicate thread from last year deleted. Please only create your thread once, and bookmark it, then bump that same thread every 30 days (or more often if you remember new details).

[Angela]

So sorry!! I did not remember I posted that before. Apparently my search is a lost cause.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Not a lost cause - sometimes threads several years old get solved.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Is this a cozy mystery? A police procedural?

What crime is being committed by the employer - violent crime, or white collar crime?

Standalone or part of a series?

[Kris]

Angela, what's the overall tone of this romance - funny, chick lit, romantic suspense, erotic, angsty, etc.?

What's the crime - e.g., illegal logging, oil company spill, factory dumping hazardous waste, etc.?

[Angela]

Overall tone was funny and suspenseful; could be considered chick lit, because I'm not sure any man could relate to the dreaded pantyhose malfunction. My recollection is that the crime was the owner of a manufacturing company that was the town's biggest employer. I think they were not properly disposing of waste, damaging the local environment. The husband of the protagonist had just begun working for said manufacturer.
I'm not sure if it was a stand alone or not. That's what I'd like to find out, to see if the author wrote any more books.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Angela, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

[Angela]

Stiiiiilllll looking.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Sounds like you found it? What's the book?

[Angela]

I did!!!
The name of the book is: There’s A (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going To Hell by Laurie Notaro

I highly recommend it. Thanks to everyone who made suggestions and tried to help!

[Bargle]

Clicky There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble.