Saturday, July 9, 2011

Stephanie Plum Series - Janet Evanovich - books 36-43

Stephanie Plum is a bond enforcement agent - aka bounty hunter. The only trouble is, she's not very good at it. This series of books by Janet Evanovich follows her exploits as she tries to capture a series of people who have jumped bail with varying degrees of success. Read in succession, the books are a bit formulaic, but what keeps them interesting are the diverse characters who people them and the inherent humor of Evanovich's storytelling. There's bad boy Ranger, a fellow bounty hunter and cop Joe Morelli - through the series Stephanie is involved with one or the other of them. There's Grandma Mazur, whose idea of a good evening's entertainment is to see the people laid out at the local funeral parlor. And former prostitute turned file clerk Lula is a hoot. If you're looking for some light entertainment, then you'll enjoy this crime series. Here's what I've read so far:

  • One for the Money
  • Two for the Dough
  • Three to Get Deadly
  • Four to Go
  • Hi Five
  • Hot Six
  • Seven Up
  • Hard Eight
You can find all of the books on the Janet Evanovich author page

Update: I've now finished the rest of the series (taking me up to book 53!) as well as a novella entitled Visions of Sugar Plums. There are several of these set in a world in which Stephanie interacts with some sort of archangel. I didn't find them as compelling as the main mysteries and opted not to read the others.

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