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|  | Author: Janet Evanovich
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
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Rating:  467 reviews
Sales Rank: 175851
Format: Abridged, Audiobook, CD
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1427206643
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781427206640
ASIN: 1427206643
Publication Date: June 23, 2009
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 Reviewed for Midwest Book Review February 4, 2010
Christy Tillery French (Powell, TN)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's back for another wacky adventure in this 15th outing of the Plum series. Former hooker, now file clerk, bounty hunter wannabe Lula witnesses the decapitation of celebrity chef Stanley Chipotle and insists the only cop she'll talk to is Joe Morelli, Stephanie's on-again, off-again boyfriend. (At this point, they're off-again.) Stephanie's working part-time for the mysterious Ranger, trying to figure out how someone is accessing his clients' alarm systems long enough to disarm them and burglarize. She's also tracking felons for her cousin Vinnie but proves as inept as usual in this regard. Morelli figures the murder was a professional hit, but the killers have now targeted Lula, who manages to evade them, leaving blown up cars and buildings behind. When a million dollar reward is offered for the killers, Lula persuades Stephanie and her Grandma Mazur to help find them and split the reward.
With each book, Evanovich delivers humor, a zany plot, and outside-the-box characters. The teasing, triangular relationship between Stephanie, Morelli and Ranger continues with no end in sight. Characters are familiar and entrenched in personas and situations that do not change, although remain fun to read.
 Fun Read January 30, 2010
Gwen M. Story (Miami, Florida)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I always enjoy Stephanie Plum in Evanovich's books. I looking forward to the next one.
Starting to wear very thin... January 16, 2010
Denise (Missouri, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This installment of the Stephanie Plum mishaps and mayhem series is pretty thin. The same things happened in this book that have happened in every single other one in this series. The usual inability to capture the skips, the cars blowing up, the need to sleep at Rangeman, Lulu escapades, Grandma Mazur -- it's all getting tiresome and redundant. I feel like I've read this book already -- several times. I am tired of reading about the "sparks" between Stephanie and Ranger and between Stephanie and Morelli. The characters do the same exact things in this novel that they've done in the other 14 books. There were few laughs and overall, this was just barely an OK read.
No need to buy it, wait for the paperback or just borrow from someone who has it.
Could use some improvement January 14, 2010
Liberty Speidel (Kansas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While this entry in the Stephanie Plum series was enjoyable, after having read the entire series it seemed to lack something. I'm wondering if Ms. Evanovich is getting a little tired of Stephanie since there were so many contrivances. Having 4 different vehicles blow up/catch fire, and Stephanie get covered in 3 different substances was a little bit much and it seemed that Evanovich wasn't having fun with this book as much as others like 'Eleven on Top'. These are fun characters, but I honestly thought that in this book, they were just going through their paces, doing what was expected of them. Would it hurt for Stephanie to become a slightly more adept bounty hunter? For Lula to be less one-dimensional? I can't help but think that these improvements would be looked on with great approval by loyal Evanovich readers. I just didn't see any character development in this book. Sorry, 3 out 5 stars for me.
 Should Quit While She's More or Less Still Ahead January 11, 2010
Laura M. Cospito (Edmonds, WA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think Janet Evanovich might want to retire Stephanie Plum and find someone whose previous mishaps are still untold. In this book Evanovich seems to reach into all of her previous novels for the things that were funny, then bring them forward into number 15 not once, not twice, but repeatedly. After I finished it, I was talking to my sister about the book and she said there was one funny part near the end. I agree. It was laugh out loud funny. Once. I have been spoiled by the previous books that had me laughing out loud often. This book was a waste of time in a world where there are too many good books to throw away time on a bad one. Evanovich has been reliable until now. This book is a disappointment.
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