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Summary: It's a tough job, but someone has to do it . . .
Review: As always, _Three To Get Deadly_ finds rookie bounty hunter Stephanie Plum in too deep and sinking fast. Once again, this books starts only a few months after the previous in the series, and Stepanie's still learning the ropes.
This time around it's Stephanie's job to bring in Moses Bedemier, the closest thing to God-on-Earth in the 'burg. "Uncle Mo", as everyone calls him, has been running the local candy shop for years and he's managed to make nearly everyone in town love him to bits. No one's able to believe that Mo would do anything even remotely against the law. But, as much as everyone loves him, no one knows a thing about him. There's not a single person who knows anything about his personal life. And, as is usually the case, appearances are deceiving, and Stephanie finds herself in the middle of a string of unexplained murders.
As with all the books in the series, the characters are what really make the story fantastic. Ms. Evanovich has a knack for making each and every character come to life in vivid detail. By the time you read this book you'll feel like you're visiting old friends.
Be prepared to laugh throughout the entire book as Stephanie finds herself in over her head more than once.
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Summary: Keeps getting better and better . . .
Review: Evanovich is getting better and better at this series. Stephanie Plum, semi-reluctant bounty hunter for five months now for her bail bondsmen cousin, Vinnie, is still trying hard, still learning her trade, still relying on others as necessary. If she didn't live in Trenton's blue-collar "burg," surrounded by supportive family, old school friends, and her ever-reliable gossip network, she probably would never make it. But she can always call on Ranger, a truly bad-ass bounty hunter and her sometime mentor. And she can always go home for meals when the checks are slow in coming. And especially, she can always depend on vice cop Morelli to show up with pizza, park outside her apartment building watching for the bad guys, and keep her lust stoked. This time, the quarry is the burg's beloved "Uncle Mo" Bedemier, proprietor of the candy store, who has always opposed drugs and bad influences generally and whose store has long been a safe haven for kids. Uncle Mo got tapped by a rookie for carrying concealed and not only has he blown off his court date (which makes him scum as far as Vinnie is concerned, regardless of how the rest of the community feels about him), he's completely disappeared. More than that, drug dealers begin disappearing, too, including several that Stephanie and her wannabe sidekick, Lula, literally stumble over themselves. As with the first two books, there are plenty of very funny, very cinematic scenes here -- especially the great chicken takedown.
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Summary: LACKING BELIEVABILITY
Review: I am currently reading Hot Six, and while I am enjoying that, as well as the other four, I have to say that Three to Get Deadly just didn't do it for me. The plot was completely unrealistic, predictable, and just not up to the calibar Janet Evanovich usually writes at. It had some laugh out loud portions, but overall not her best work.
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Summary: This series keeps getting better!
Review: I love this series! Evanovich continues to develop Stephanie Plum's character. I can't wait to read the others!
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Summary: Laughed 'til I cried
Review: I rarely laugh out loud while reading, but Stephanie Plum and her motley gang of friends always has me laughing until I cry.In book three Stephanie is after the neighborhood candy store owner, the beloved Uncle Mo. Everyone in town is mad at Stephanie for trying to bring Mo in on a FTA (failure to appear)
The only support Stephanie is getting is from her friend ex hooker Lula, a wanna be bounty hunter in training. Steph's usual gang of friends and cohorts make appearances here, including Grandma Mazur, the mysterious Ranger and the sexy and dangerous Joe Morelli. As the body count rises, it is apparent that there is something a little strange about saintly Uncle Mo. And who are the guys in ski masks threatening Stephanie and her beloved hamster Rex? And why is Stephanies hair bright orange? The answers to all these questions and more will be answered, if only you can stop laughing long enough to finish reading!
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Summary: Formulaic
Review: I took "Three" and "Four" on a cruise expecting two treats. Instead what I got from this one was pure boredom. Perhaps it is inevitable that a series becomes a matter of filling in the blanks. In this case, what started out with a bang has become a predictable succession of events. Sure, many of these are humorous but we all know by now that Stephanie will endure her parents, Grandma will act strange, Joe will flirt and Lula will holler. The series needs a little "oomph" to keep going. The story was also not one of the best.
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Summary: Formulaic
Review: I took "Three" and "Four" on a cruise expecting two treats. Instead what I got from this one was pure boredom. Perhaps it is inevitable that a series becomes a matter of filling in the blanks. In this case, what started out with a bang has become a predictable succession of events. Sure, many of these are humorous but we all know by now that Stephanie will endure her parents, Grandma will act strange, Joe will flirt and Lula will holler. The series needs a little "oomph" to keep going. The story was also not one of the best.
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Summary: Another HIT
Review: I'm now three books into the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. I've yet to be bored - even a little bit - and that's worth a five-star rating by itself. I get bored easily. By now, klutzy Stephanie is settled into her career as a bounty hunter employed by her sleaze-ball cousin Vinnie, a bail bondsman in beautiful Trenton, NJ, a job she took in desperation after being fired from her previous gig as a lingerie buyer. Her latest quarry is the affectionately-named Uncle Mo, the elderly, unmarried owner of the neighborhood ice cream and candy emporium, who skipped bail after being charged for carrying a concealed weapon - everyone in Trenton carries, it seems - by an overzealous cop on a traffic stop. In trying to track Mo down, Plum discovers that little is known about him by neighbors and relatives. But, Stephanie is considered Pond Scum by all for hounding a man akin to the Pope and Santa Claus all rolled into one. Then, local drug dealers start disappearing. And what's that putrid smell coming from the basement of Mo's store? As Stephanie delicately puts it, "Is it dookey?" For me, the series hasn't become stale because Evanovich either brings to the forefront a tangential character from a previous novel, or inserts a brand new one into the plot. In THREE TO GET DEADLY, Lula, a reformed ho beaten and left for dead on Stephanie's fire escape month's before, now does filing for Vinnie and insists on "assisting" Plum on her takedowns. And we're initially introduced to Stephanie's former first husband, the shyster lawyer Dickie Orr. In the meantime, the sexual tension remains high between Stephanie and Joe Morelli, the exasperating Trenton plain-clothes cop whom the teenaged former once ran down with the family Buick after the teenaged latter despoiled Stephanie's maidenhood on the floor behind the eclair case of the local donut shop where she was working at the time. The images conjured by Janet's prose are hilarious, as when Stephanie and her pet hamster Rex are beset by two thugs in her apartment and shots are fired. Her elderly neighbors pour forth to lend help with enough armament to have rescued Custer. Or when Stephanie struggles to apprehend a fugitive costumed as a chicken in a fast food joint. I normally like to vary my reading, but I'm immediately jumping to Plum's next escapade, FOUR TO SCORE. Albeit frivolous, this is good stuff.
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Summary: This Series has the Best LOL books!
Review: In this third book in the series, Three to Get Deadly, begins as Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter is given the job to pick up Mo Bedemier. Uncle Mo, as he's known in the neighborhood, who owns an ice-cream parlor/candy store. Uncle Mo has missed his court appearance and seems to have left town. The case soon develops into attacks by strange anti-drug vigilantes, murdered men and porno films. Stephanie also has to bring in a kid who works in a fast food store, this whole line in the story is very, very funny. Running through the story is the question of whether Stephanie is going to retreat into eating all of her meals at her parent's house, move in with Joe Morelli, and give up on chasing bad guys and get a job at the button factory. Stephanie's independence prevails she gets her man (all of them) and lives to fight another day. This is my favorite series and look forward to each one. They never fail to deliver the mystery, the good times and the LOL fun. Read them all.
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Summary: Third Stephanie is a charm
Review: In Three to Get Deadly the reader once again is back in Trenton, NJ with Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter. This time Stephanie is after the saintly Uncle Mo. Moses Bedemier, candy store owner and all around great guy is a FTA (failure to appear). Stephanie has the task of bringing him in. This time though, no one wants to give up information on Uncle Mo. And as if having no leads is bad enough, dead bodies start popping up everywhere around Stephanie. Stephanie tries to tie it all together with the help of Ranger and Lula and the man she loves to hate, Joe Morelli. Three to Get Deadly was an interesting read. I must say that after reading this book it was my favorite Plum novel. It had less comedy than the first two. There is still some funny and clever scenes but there aren't as many laugh-out-loud scenes as in the first two. This makes the book seem more like a mystery than a comedy. But by no means is this a keep you on the edge of your seat mystery. This is an easy to read "fun" mystery. Stephanie can manage to get herself into any number of scrapes and situations. Just when you think nothing else can happen to her sure enough something does. This keeps the book fresh and entertaining. The plot of this book was better than the previous Plum novels. It seemed to be well thought out and written well. There was a real mystery with Uncle Mo. Stephanie seems to be more serious in this book, which allowed it to take on a more mysterious mood. Three to Get Deadly is a fun, entertaining mystery. It will keep you entertained from first page to last. Definitely one to recommend!
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