Four to Score

Four to Score by Janet Evanovich, 294 pages

It is always a delight to read a Stephanie Plum mystery by Janet Evanovich. Such a delight, in fact, that I was laughing within the first five pages.

Just when you think things can't get any more zany or wonky in Stephanie's life, things such as using a transvestite to help her crack codes or going to Atlantic City where her ride-along grandmother, Grandma Mazur, ends up on top of a poker table to get a better view of a fleeing bounty are found within the pages. Those are just the unusual antics among the usual ones found in this series: wacky family dinners, exploding vehicles, Rex the hamster, and a gun in a cookie jar are the usual suspects.

The Stephanie Plum series is most definitely a page-turner and a satisfying read for avid mystery fans.

Top Secret Twenty-One

Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich
341 Pages


Stephanie Plum is back and still having trouble catching skips and keeping her cars from blowing up.  With her sidekick Lula, Plum travels through New Jersey narrowly avoiding death.  There isn't much to say about this wildly popular series except that after several lackluster entries, Evanovich seems to have picked up the slack and created a much tighter and entertaining novel with the last couple of books.  Needless to say, I think the series is in need of an ending or will we be reading Fabulous 42 in 10 years?

Top Secret Twenty-One

Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich 
 341 pages

I really liked this newest addition to the Stephanie Plum series.  Several parts made me laugh out loud.  In this book Stephanie is hunting down a skip, as usual, and having trouble, as usual.  Jimmy Poletti shouldn’t be this difficult but he has been impossible to find.  Meanwhile, Randy Briggs, a little person, has sought refuge with Stephanie because he says that Poletti is trying to kill him.  Someone has firebombed his apartment and he needs a place to stay.  Stephanie agree to help because, even though Briggs is a huge pain, she may be able to use him as bait to catch Poletti.  Meanwhile, someone is also trying to kill Ranger and has come closer to succeeding than most, which is making Stephanie very nervous, since Ranger is one of the most competent and lethal men that she knows.  I would highly recommend this book to anyone who likes romantic comic adventure.