Look Alive Twenty-Five

 

Shirley J.                      Adult Fiction                          Female Bounty Hunter,  Deli Work,  Shoes    

Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich   336 pages

This time Stephanie and Lula are working in the Red Rive Deli.   Someone put the Deli up as bond collateral and when the perp skipped his court date Vinnie ended up getting possession of  the deli.  His father-in-law, who actually owns the bonds office decided he wanted to keep the deli and puts Stephanie in as Manager and Lula in as sandwich maker.   The ladies love working around food but the other two guys who work there stay high ost of the time.  Lula decides the sandwiches are too plain so she dazzles them up and Surprises the customers, they never know what they might actually get.   Stephanie finds she lacks management skills.   She lacks sandwich making skills and she lacks waitressing skills.   Lula has great waitressing skills but her skirts are so short it looks like her thong is lost in the Grand Canyon.  However, people keep coming back for the fear factor - the managers keep disappearing when they go out back to the dumpster and all that is left is one of their shoes.   Lula suspects alien abductions.   This one will keep you guessing all the way to the end     Especially when Tank, who is as big as a rhino is abducted.   No blood, no trace of what happened.   Even the camera on the back only catches  the managers staring off to the right, then a flash of light and one shoe goes sailing across the screen.   Hokey Smoke, Bullwinkle!   What is happening?   Good book.  I love the series.  I recommend this one to high-schoolers on up.