I read Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Berkeley author Ayelet Waldman recently after running across it on the library shelf.  Ayelet Waldman is married to the author Michael Chabon and is somewhat famous (infamous?) for a Sunday NY Times "Modern Love" piece in which she discussed loving her husband more than her kids.

Anyway, once I read the first book, I got started on her "Mommy Track Mysteries" series, which are set in L.A. and feature a mother of young children as the crime-solver.  They're entertaining if you like a) mysteries and b) reading about the trials and tribulations of being a new parent.