It begins as an innocent trip to the deli-mart, on a quest for nachos. She's Stephanie Plum, and she kicks butt for a living (well, she thinks it sounds good to put it that way.). Her mother's convinced she'll end up dead. She's a target for every psycho and miscreant this side of the Jersey Turnpike. She's accidentally destroyed a dozen cars. (On sale June 22)įorecast: Billed as a "Tenth Anniversary Collector's Edition," this should debut at #1 on many lists.Janet Evanovich is the hottest author in America, and her Stephanie Plum novels have taken the nation by storm! As usual, Evanovich's eccentric characters-fun-loving Grandma Mazur, anxious to accompany Stephanie on her job self-absorbed sister Valerie and her hapless fiancé Albert Kloughn (pronounced Clown) Sally Sweet, the transvestite who shows a talent for wedding planning-are a treat.
The rollicking plot, replete with car chases, family squabbles, massive doughnut consumption and a frantic, wacky finale, keeps the reader breathless. As usual, she's torn between sexy Ranger and her longtime lover, cop Joe Morelli, with whom she's living. After she tells her colleague Ranger her predicament, he offers her sanctuary. Unfortunately, Anton Ward, the holdup man, learns that Stephanie can identify him and puts out a contract on her. The Trenton, N.J., bond enforcement agent (bounty hunter), accompanied by her trigger-happy friend Lula, an errant file clerk, is after a quirky collection of bail-jumpers-a man who killed a neighbor's rosebushes relieving himself on them, a drag queen musician/school bus driver accused of assault, and a woman who claims she robbed a Frito-Lay truck because she hated her low-carb diet-when she witnesses a convenience store robbery. ), which reads like the screenplay for a 1930s screwball comedy: fast, funny and furious. Evanovich is at her best in her 10th Stephanie Plum adventure (after 2003's To the Nines
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