Review: Finger Lickin’ Fifteen — Janet Evanovich

Shop Indie Bookstores Finger Lickin’ Fifteen might be the shortest of the Stephanie Plum novels so far. In Fifteen we see a lot more of Ranger than of Morelli. Stephanie and Morelli are in the off-again phase of their relationship. Joyce Bernhardt is trying to move in on Morelli, much to his chagrin. Stephanie spends [...]

Review: Fearless Fourteen — Janet Evanovich

Shop Indie Bookstores Fearless Fourteen Loretta Rizzi needed a Tom Collins, so she robbed a liquor store. Vinnie bonded her out. When she failed to appear in court, Stephanie was tasked with bringing her in. There was a slight hitch in the plan though. Loretta had no assets to use as collateral and no money, [...]

Review: Lean Mean Thirteen — Janet Evanovich

Shop Indie Bookstores Stephanie owes Ranger a favor, only this time it isn’t sexual. She has to plant some bugs on her ex, Dickie Orr, who just happens to be boinking Joyce Barnhardt again. When she goes to Dickie’s office, Stephanie sees a picture of Joyce and Dickie and goes postal. When she leaves, she [...]

Review: Twelve Sharp — Janet Evanovich

Shop Indie Bookstores Frustratingly, Twelve Sharp does not pick up where Eleven on Top left off. 11 ends with Stephanie smashing into Stiva’s and Ranger’s infamous one-word response to her, “Babe.” Skipping ahead, we don’t know how Morelli reacted to her ditching him to go chase Stiva or what happened after she did. She is [...]

Review: Eleven on Top — Janet Evanovich

Shop Indie Bookstores Next to Four to Score, I think Eleven on Top is one of the funniest Stephanie Plum books to date. Stephanie decides to quit bounty hunting and look for a normal job, one that won’t get her shot at or result in her cars getting blown up. She does very short stints [...]

Review: Ten Big Ones — Janet Evanovich

Shop Indie Bookstores There is no big FTA to capture in Ten Big Ones, but after accidentally witnessing a robbery with Lula, Stephanie lands herself on a gang hit list. During the robbery, Lula shoots out the Red Devil Robber’s motorcycle tire and Stephanie’s Ford Escape is fire bombed to bits. Ranger’s out of town [...]

Review: To the Nines — Janet Evanovich

Shop Indie Bookstores To The Nines is one of the most fast paced, packed full of action novels in this series. Stephanie has to track down Samuel Singh, a computer nerd for whom Vinnie wrote a visa bond. The bond was highly publicized and Vinnie stands to lose a lot (of face) if word gets [...]

Review: Hard Eight — Janet Evanovich

Shop Indie Bookstores Hard Eight is far less humorous and more introspective than other Stephanie Plum novels. Stephanie takes on a missing person case for her parents’ neighbor, Mabel. Mabel is a friend of Grandma Mazul’s. Though Stephanie isn’t keen on taking a case for free, especially with the drought at Vinnie’s, when Mabel cries, [...]

Review: Seven Up — Janet Evanovich

Stephanie rides a Harley, mud wrestles with the aid of Lula, and gets fitted for a wedding dress.

Review: Hot Six — Janet Evanovich

Shop Indie Bookstores Unlike previous novels in the Stephanie Plum series, Hot Six begins where High Five left off. We find out which man Stephanie invited to her apartment: Ranger or Morelli. Stephanie calls in a favor to get her friend Carol Zabo not to jump off a bridge and ends up with a new [...]