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Summary: Janet is making my summer! Devouring the whole series!
Review: Fantastic stroytelling, great characters. Laugh out lout complications.... Big fun!
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Summary: Say it ain't so, Mo
Review: Stephanie gets herself into another outrageous bounty hunting adventure in the burg of Trenton. She seeks out kindly old Ice Cream peddler, Uncle Mo, and attempts to train Lula on the finer points of the craft. Lula has her mind on driving cars and eating high calorie food, for the most part. Meanwhile, mysterious strangers threaten her to leave poor Mo alone. She might, except dead bodies keep popping up, piquing her curiosity. This humerous adventure gives plenty of Morelli and Ranger, but Grandma Mazur gets less airtime than in the first two. If you like humor mixed with mystery, Evanovich is your authoress.
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Summary: Stephanie Plum vs. Uncle Mo
Review: Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter extroardinaire is asked by her boss and cousin, Vinnie, to bring in Uncle Mo who runs a candy store in the Burg, an area of Trenton, NJ. Mo is an icon in the burg, and Stephanie feels bad about pursuing this kind old man. Imagine her surprise when she encounters protests from the reputable members of the neighborhood, as well as some disreputable ones. Soon dead bodies begin to turn up everywhere and it appears that Uncle Mo is in over his head. In this third book of the series, Stephanie has her usual battles with balky vehicles and her policeman friend Morelli. Her ex-streetwalker friend Lula becomes a bounty-hunter-in-training and she proves to be an hilarious sidekick for Stephanie. This is a funny, slickly-written mystery which will keep you laughing.
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Summary: Proof that it's funny!!!
Review: All the Stephanie Plum novels I've read so far are funny, vibrant and full of spunk. Here's a tiny slice of the book, I found it so funny, I just had to write it down. Stephanie is meeting the first boyfriend her grandmother has picked up... "Fred looked to be about three hundred years old. Gravity had pulled the skin from the top of his head down to his neck, and Fred had tucked it into his shirt collar." (page 227)
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Summary: I love this book!!
Review: I discovered Stephanie Plum earlier this year, and have already made my way through #6, #1, #2, and #3. #3 doesn't disappoint, and is right up there with the best of the others. While Lulu was introduced in the last book, her role is expanded here as she joins the firm and tags along with Stephanie. The entire book is a hoot. A definite thumbs up!!
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Summary: This Gal is Plum Crazy!
Review: Stephanie is in over her head once again. This time the FTA she is assigned to bring in is "Uncle Mo," Trenton's favorite candy-store owner. Old Uncle Mo is beloved by everyone in the Burg. His reputation as a perfect citizen is renowned. However, it looks like even Uncle Mo isn't above the law. When he gets arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and fails to appear in court, none other than Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter, is sent to bring him in. Stephanie gets more than she baragains for. When rumor spreads around the Burg that she is after Uncle Mo, more than a few neighbors go into a tizzy about how awful Stephanie is to be pursuing this saintly gentleman as if he were a common criminal. But the elusive Uncle Mo isn't easy to find. He disappears without a trace and while he is gone some shady activity appears to take place around his shut down candy-store. Stephanie decides a deeper investigation is warranted. So with her friend ex-prostitute Lulu, now a "bounty hunter in training," Stephanie takes off on a madcap adventure of tracking down thugs that include drug dealers, zealous preachers, and fanatical militia-like vigilantes. Meanwhile, Stephanie's "favorite" cop Joe Morelli isn't far from the scene. The sexual tension that brews between Stephanie and Joe reaches a boiling point. So readers beware: if you wear eyeglasses they may steam up! Janet Evanovich is back in top form with the third Plum escapade. I gave number one a strong five star rating, but number two dropped to four stars. Don't fret; number three proves that Stephanie is anything but dull. Keep pumping out the stories Janet, you're doing great!
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Summary: Janet Evanovich back on track; Stephanie Plum, oh where r u?
Review: After reading a relatively disappointing Two for the Dough, the second installment of the Stephanie Plum series, I was apprehensive about starting the third ... even though I was a bad boy and have already read the fifth installment (High Five), which I loved. Was I disappointed with Three to Get Deadly? Not at all! In Three to Get Deadly, differing from Two for the Dough, the reader gets teased about Stephanie Plum's (, our lovable bounty hunter from Trenton,) love life; very soap operatic, but hilarious. In addition and more importantly, Three to Get Deadly also contains a real good page-turner mystery. It's hard to relate the story without giving away spoilers, but suffice to say Stephanie is out to get her neighborhood's ice cream man who has jumped bail on a relatively minor offense. Everyone in Trenton loves this old, cuddly man who has been a neighborhood institution for generations. So every hates Stephanie for trying to track him done. Little to they realise our lovable grandpa character is not the sort person people take him for... Bottom line: not quite High Five material, but still a funny and engaging read. At this stage I hope there is really a Stephanie Plum out there. I'd love to meet her and do lunch. :-)
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Summary: Third times a charm!!!
Review: Stephanie Plum, the lingerie buyer turned bounty hunter, after blackmailing her cousin Vinnie. As usual, Stephanie Plum's trials and tribulations had me laughing out loud! In this third book Stephanie is after "Uncle Mo," the local candy store/ice cream parlor owner, known by everybody in the neighborhood! Uncle Mo skips his court appearance for carrying a concealed weapon, and Stephanie, goes after him. Uncle Mo is nowhere to be found. The case soon winds up with attacks by strange anti-drug vigilantes, murdered men and porno films. The body count of the local drug dealers around his store continues to rise! Stephanie gets no help from the locals, only threats to leave uncle Mo alone. Lula, the prostitute turned file clerk, has a much greater voice in this novel, and she truly adds laughter to the story with one trip out on her bounty hunting training. Police officer Joe Morelli is back and Stephanie is even concerned he has a girlfriend since he no longer seems interested. Ranger is also back, with help and exercise!
This novel you really get closer with all the characters. The family dinner time just wouldn't be the same if one of Stephanie's friends wasn't invited to join them. The book flows at a blistering pace, and Evanovich's writing style is packed with humor. The suspense is outstanding and it is the best mix of comedy and mystery out there. It is hard not to enjoy this book! I highly recommend this series you will laugh off your chair and out loud all the same!
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Summary: I'd hate to see Stephanies auto insurance bills!
Review: Having just finished this book, I found it to be even funnier than the first two. I find that the mystery takes a back seat to the characters in the books. This would make a really funny movie! Stephanie has the worst luck with cars, has a family that causes her to have twitches in her eyes, and has a sometimes partner who used to be a prostitute. Very funny, very real characters, even though the situations they get into are a bit of a stretch.
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Summary: A Must Have- Comedy and Mystery
Review: Again and again I laughed out loud while reading this book. Several times my husband made me read passages to him so he could hear what was so funny, and I have to report- he laughed out loud as well. Stephanie Plum is looking for Mo the candy store owner. She certainly doesn't let the fact that EVERYONE she knows is telling her he's not the type to do anything wrong stop her. She doesn't let the fact that everyone is calling her mother stop her. She has a job to do and do it she does. As the bodies pile up and the tension between her and Joe M. build, Stephanie does her job. The mysterious and sexy Ranger, Lula the ex hooker, the hilarious grandmother, worrying mother and reticent father all add to the book. I can't think of a series of books, in this genre, that I have enjoyed more. Rather than passing these on to my mother, I bought her the same books so I don't have to share. They are that good.
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