Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Book Review: Plum Lucky

Plum Lucky
THE ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC BOOK REVIEW, BY JAMES MYERS
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PLUM LUCKY
By Janet Evanovich
Published by St Martin’s Press
Publication Date: January, 2008
Price: $17.95
176 Pages
ISBN-13: 9780312377632
Four Star Rating ****

13 OF HER STEPHANIE PLUM NOVELS HAVE BEEN IN THE NY TIMES TOP TEN BEST SELLERS

HER NOVEL HOT SIX HIT #1 AND ALL OF HER SUBSEQUENT PLUM NOVELS DEBUTED AT # 1

THIS REPRESENTS HER 14TH STEPHANIE PLUM NOVEL

“The little man was talking to Grandma, and Grandma wasn’t happy with him. Grandma started inching away, and the little man snatched the strap of the duffel bag and yanked it out of Grandma’s hand. Grandma roundhoused the man of the side of his head with her big black purse, and he dropped to his knees.”

For the fans of this best-selling author, the wait is over. Their favorite heroine, Stephanie Plum is back in Janet Evanovich’s new top ten, best selling novel, Plum Lucky. This is another “Between the Numbers” novel, following up on Lean, Mean 13, where Stephanie and Diesel take on a new and dangerous adventure. Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur finds a large bag of cash and decides to go to Atlantic City to try her luck. However, the fellow (a leprechaun, the man in the green pants) who misplaced the money is not very happy about that. Stephanie and her friends, Lula, Connie, and Diesel set out to find her before the killer does. The book is written in the hilarious, madcap style of adventures that mark the rest of this series. Everyone finds a little luck in this book, Lula’s found a job in plus sized modeling, Connie finds a man, Diesel finds Stephanie, and Stephanie find a mystery involving the stolen money, a racehorse, a car chase, and a bad case of the hives.
This is classic Stephanie/Janet at her best. There are plenty of hilarious situations in this book, and it is a quick, page turning read. This book is full of funny stuff, a leprechaun who believes he is invisible while naked, putting Doug the racehorse into an elevator and an RV after he has been knocked out, a bad guy that wears aluminum foil, a rash that sort of moves around, and oh yes, a rocket launcher. This is a very interesting little book, and I rate it a must read.

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