If you love humor, entertaining characters and situations that are a whole lot of fun, you will LOVE Janet Evanovich's "Stephanie Plum" series of books. Her latest, Smokin' Seventeen is another enjoyable romp with her usual characters through the streets of Trenton, NJ. Stephanie is a former lingerie seller turned bounty hunter who works for her sleazy cousin Vinnie. Stephanie has the enviable problem of being in serious "like" with two men--Joseph Morelli (handsome police officer and owner of a lovable dog) and Ranger (dark, mysterious, sometimes bounty hunter who owns his own security firm). Stephanie can't figure out which man she should date, especially since her mom and grandmother are breathing down her neck for her to get married and settle down. The action of this novel begins when a body is found buried on the vacant lot where the former bail bonds office was located (it burned up in a fire at the end of the last book). Vinnie and his crew are working temporarily in an RV located on the former site, when a body turns up...and then they keep turning up! All is fine until the killer starts dedicating the bodies to Stephanie---and why does the killer's image that is caught on a camera seem so familiar to her? Stephanie's friend and Vinnie's file clerk Lula (a plus-size former prostitute) is at her raucous best in this novel, whether she and Stephanie are fighting off FTA's who believe they are vampires or buying sandwiches and eluding Morelli's Grandma Bella at Giovichinni's deli. I love these zany mysteries and I know you will love them too! I suggest starting with the first book in the series, One for the Money, so that you don't miss out on one second of the action!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Smokin' Seventeen
If you love humor, entertaining characters and situations that are a whole lot of fun, you will LOVE Janet Evanovich's "Stephanie Plum" series of books. Her latest, Smokin' Seventeen is another enjoyable romp with her usual characters through the streets of Trenton, NJ. Stephanie is a former lingerie seller turned bounty hunter who works for her sleazy cousin Vinnie. Stephanie has the enviable problem of being in serious "like" with two men--Joseph Morelli (handsome police officer and owner of a lovable dog) and Ranger (dark, mysterious, sometimes bounty hunter who owns his own security firm). Stephanie can't figure out which man she should date, especially since her mom and grandmother are breathing down her neck for her to get married and settle down. The action of this novel begins when a body is found buried on the vacant lot where the former bail bonds office was located (it burned up in a fire at the end of the last book). Vinnie and his crew are working temporarily in an RV located on the former site, when a body turns up...and then they keep turning up! All is fine until the killer starts dedicating the bodies to Stephanie---and why does the killer's image that is caught on a camera seem so familiar to her? Stephanie's friend and Vinnie's file clerk Lula (a plus-size former prostitute) is at her raucous best in this novel, whether she and Stephanie are fighting off FTA's who believe they are vampires or buying sandwiches and eluding Morelli's Grandma Bella at Giovichinni's deli. I love these zany mysteries and I know you will love them too! I suggest starting with the first book in the series, One for the Money, so that you don't miss out on one second of the action!
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