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Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum #3)
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Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)
A "saintly" old candy-store owner is on the lam-and bounty hunter extraordinaire Stephanie Plum is on the case. As the body count rises, Stephanie finds herself dealing with dead drug dealers and slippery fugitives on the chase of her life. And with the help of eccentric friends and family, Steph must see to it that this case doesn't end up being her last...
Mass Market Paperback, 321 pages
Published
July 15th 1998
by St. Martin's Paperbacks
(first published January 1st 1997)
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This book demonstrates an explosive and brilliantly comical story.
Stephanie Plum. Bounty hunter.
I checked my pocketbook to make sure I had the essentials…beeper, tissues, hair spray, flashlight, cuffs, lipstick, gun with bullets, recharged cell phone, recharged stun gun, hairbrush, gum, pepper spray nail file. Was I a kick-ass bounty hunter, or what?
That about sums her up. She’s hilarious. She’s brave and bold. She’s a woman on the edge. I don’t know who sh...more
Stephanie Plum. Bounty hunter.
I checked my pocketbook to make sure I had the essentials…beeper, tissues, hair spray, flashlight, cuffs, lipstick, gun with bullets, recharged cell phone, recharged stun gun, hairbrush, gum, pepper spray nail file. Was I a kick-ass bounty hunter, or what?
That about sums her up. She’s hilarious. She’s brave and bold. She’s a woman on the edge. I don’t know who sh...more
Book three was my favorite thus far. I rated this book four stars, because I just couldn't put it down. I really enjoy Janet Evanovich's writing style because something is ALWAYS happening in her novels.
Ugh, sorry to be a "negative-Nancy", but am I the only the that doesn't laugh-out-loud at these books? Lula gets on my nerves (even though she's a sweetheart,) and Stephanie has the "oops! hehe" sense of humor that just always seems to be getting her in trouble. Don'...more
Ugh, sorry to be a "negative-Nancy", but am I the only the that doesn't laugh-out-loud at these books? Lula gets on my nerves (even though she's a sweetheart,) and Stephanie has the "oops! hehe" sense of humor that just always seems to be getting her in trouble. Don'...more
It’s a world I am unfamiliar with—the world of Chic Lit (or, if you are over 18, I refer to as Clit Lit). Even though Janet Evanovich’s books take up at least three shelves at the local Barnes & Noble, I have never noticed. Probably because they are in the Mystery section which I pass through on my way to the Science Fiction wall. I don’t look to either side for fear of turning into a pillar of salt. But—(there is always a but) I am in a strange land under strange circumstances these days and St...more
I love the Stephanie Plum, Bounty Hunter books. From Grandma who loves to go to the local lay outs and is a disaster at funeral homes and with guns to Stephanie who has 2 hunks in love with her and so many things happen that it makes you laugh out loud.
Another awesome book! Grandma Mazur cracks me up, as well as a few other characters. I like how Ranger stays the mysterious character; it's fun trying to guess about him. And Stephanie ~ I guess you could say the Italian in her shines through. And I really like her. She may not be brave, but she's tenacious, and the thoughts in her head make me crack up just the same. And Joe...what I wouldn't do to actually meet him (if he were real, of course). Joyce - she got what she deserved. I just wish so...more
I was enjoying this book until I got to the final chapters. While I appreciate that the Stephanie Plum books are meant to be humourous light reading, Evanovich downplays what the Candy Man (Uncle Mo) has actually been doing and even seems to want you to feel sorry for him. I'm probably in a small minority here especially among Stephanie Plum fans but this has really put me off reading any more in this series.
Lula's character development was good and Lula also provided most of the hum...more
Lula's character development was good and Lula also provided most of the hum...more
Stephanie Plum makes me want to be a bounty hunter. I can't be any worse than her.
Stephanie Plum is at it again in "Three to Get Deadly," as the neophyte bounty hunter. This time she is after Mo (Moses Bedemier), the man who owns the candy store and whom everyone loves. When Mo is arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and doesn’t show up for his court date, Stephanie is on the case. The problem is that no one wants to help her because they all love Mo and can’t believe he’d ever be involved in any wrongdoing.
Dead bodies of drug dealers begin to app...more
Review posted here: http://offbeatvagabond.blogspot.com/2011/09/book-review-three-to-get-deadly.html
Stephanie Plum has only been a bounty hunter for 5 months, but she has already earned herself a reputation as trouble magnet. But the pressure is really on for her now since she has to arrest the town’s saint, Moses (Uncle Mo). He has been Trenton’s Candy Man, owns his own shop that sells candy and ice cream to the kids and it is even known as a safe place for them to hang ou...more
Stephanie Plum has only been a bounty hunter for 5 months, but she has already earned herself a reputation as trouble magnet. But the pressure is really on for her now since she has to arrest the town’s saint, Moses (Uncle Mo). He has been Trenton’s Candy Man, owns his own shop that sells candy and ice cream to the kids and it is even known as a safe place for them to hang ou...more
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My review: I feel like I zipped right through this audio book and I guess I kind of did. I couldn’t help myself; I was so enticed with the story line, I had to stay up past my normal “old lady” bed time and listen. I managed to drag myself to work the next day and kick myself for staying up too late. Then, that night I’d do it all over again just to see what kind of mess Stephanie would get herself into.
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My review: I feel like I zipped right through this audio book and I guess I kind of did. I couldn’t help myself; I was so enticed with the story line, I had to stay up past my normal “old lady” bed time and listen. I managed to drag myself to work the next day and kick myself for staying up too late. Then, that night I’d do it all over again just to see what kind of mess Stephanie would get herself into.
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This is the best Stephanie Plum book so far. While the characters are zany, they are well-developed. The plot sometimes reaches, but not that far that it isn't plausible.
Not even Stephanie should be able to screw up her latest FTA, an old man who runs a candy store. What could be less threatening or dangerous, well, maybe a grizzly bear. Uncle Mo is loved by everyone in the Burg and because Stephanie is out to bring him in, everyone hates her. Mo's crime, carrying a concealed weapon, but ...more
Not even Stephanie should be able to screw up her latest FTA, an old man who runs a candy store. What could be less threatening or dangerous, well, maybe a grizzly bear. Uncle Mo is loved by everyone in the Burg and because Stephanie is out to bring him in, everyone hates her. Mo's crime, carrying a concealed weapon, but ...more
It is hard to imagine the Stephanie Plum series getting any better. This time, as the dead bodies pile up, Stephanie is faced with masked men, former hooker Lula's voracious appetite, a beloved candy store owner, a group of vigilantes, the wonderful "Ranger," Her lawyer ex-husband Dickie, her daffy grandmother, and a host of wacky, crazy characters that make this novel more fun than the proverbial barrel of monkeys.
We learn that everyone, young and old, carries a gun in Tr...more
We learn that everyone, young and old, carries a gun in Tr...more
I'm not one to laugh out loud. I chortle. I chuckle. I read the amusing bits out loud to my husband. But I rarely laugh out loud. I did with this book, more than once. I'm talking tears rolling down my face and me coughing up phlegm from 1974. This is a VERY funny book. It seems that each book in her series gets better and better. Dare I hope it continues?
This is the continuing saga of wacky Stephanie Plum, girl Bounty Hunter. This time she's traded in her 53 Buick, a pale blue land ...more
This is the continuing saga of wacky Stephanie Plum, girl Bounty Hunter. This time she's traded in her 53 Buick, a pale blue land ...more
By the 3rd installment, I was beginning to feel that Stephanie Plum's act getting old. But as usual, the stellar cast of characters saved this novel from the 3-star pile. The star of the stars, of course, is Joe Morelli. Just as I was getting bored of Stephanie's dead-ended surveillances and botched apprehensions, Morelli and his sexy butt would waltz in and sweep me off my feet. Damn I haven't been in love with a fictional character in a long time. He really spices things up, and the main reaso...more
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i was initially wary about starting this series but that just shows how wrong i was, because this is now one of my favorite lines of books! the characterization is pretty good. the main character, stephanie plum, is easy to identify with; she's working a job she hates, has crazy relationship issues, and a family that makes her want to scream (although, speaking as the devil's advocate, i actually adore her family, especially grandma mazur (because who doesn't love a kickass, uber-eccentric grand...more
Again, another solid addition to the Stephanie Plum series. These books make me laugh and smile all the way through them.
In book number three we get to know Lula better as she teams up with Stephanie. Their antics together are hilarious. I am not so much of a fan of Lula later in the series when I personally think the books focus on her too much--when they could be focusing on um, Joe Morelli or Ranger, hello?
Speaking of Ranger, we also get to know him a little bit better--b...more
In book number three we get to know Lula better as she teams up with Stephanie. Their antics together are hilarious. I am not so much of a fan of Lula later in the series when I personally think the books focus on her too much--when they could be focusing on um, Joe Morelli or Ranger, hello?
Speaking of Ranger, we also get to know him a little bit better--b...more
One Miss Stephenie Plum is off to catch a bail jumper, this time in the form of Moses Bedemier. The problem being that "Mo" is an old and beloved candy store owner, and half of Trenton wants to canonize him. But he was caught carrying an illegal concealed weapon, and now Stephanie risks becoming the most unpopular girl in Trenton because she is out to find him and recover the bail.
I'm really really torn right now.
So here's the thing, you guys. I read mysteries/thr...more
I'm really really torn right now.
So here's the thing, you guys. I read mysteries/thr...more
Stephanie Plum seems to be one of the most notorious and infamous Bounty hunters around with a knack for getting herself into trouble and sticky situations. She doesn't mean too , it's just that trouble tends to follow her very closely and as we read about her adventures we start to wonder whether her mum is right and that Stephanie should give up her job as a Bounty Hunter and get a job working in the Button factory. When Stephanie recieves her next Bounty Hunter job she cringes , as the FTA is...more
Stephanie Plum becomes persona non grata when she tracks down a neighborhood saint who has failed to show up for his court appearance. No one wants to help Stephanie, who works for her bail-bondsman cousin, Vinnie. While questioning admirers of the man nicknamed Uncle Mo, Stephanie is attacked and knocked out as she cases his candy store. She comes to next to the dead body of her attacker, who turns out to be a well-known drug dealer. Suddenly, she can't avoid stumbling across the bodies of dead...more
After reading the blurb, I wasn’t too excited about this book as I had no interest in an old candy-store owner. As I read the book, that didn’t change. I really didn’t care for most of the plot, which mostly entailed looking for the beloved Uncle Mo and avoiding Morelli like the plague. I only started enjoying it about 50 pages to the end. However, the writing was as enjoyable as ever, and I found myself writing down more quotes from this one than from the earlier two, so I thought I would share...more
While I liked Three to Get Deadly, I did not like it as much as the first two I read. I will still be reading the rest of the books in this series. It's hard to not like Stephanie. She's just a regular girl who just can't seem to catch a break. I mean, how much bad luck can one girl have? Boy is she funny with her bad luck though. And just how many cars will this girl go through?
So yeah, this one super funny. I loved, loved, loved the parts with Grandma Mazur! She is so funny! Why c...more
So yeah, this one super funny. I loved, loved, loved the parts with Grandma Mazur! She is so funny! Why c...more
With this story, I enjoyed how Stephanie was going after a beloved local figure and everyone seemed to be working against her. I believe that presented a whole new set of obstacles for her to overcome that were not present in the first two books of the series. I also liked the little bit of character development with Ranger. At this point we still don't know too much about Ranger, but I love that Lula is expressing the thoughts that I think most of us are thinking about him: who is he really, wh...more
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Janet Evanovich’s series, Stephanie Plum, the main character, is a bounty hunter in search of “her man” (who changes with each book). If you like a quick, easy read and you’re into soap-opera level drama, than this might be a good book for you. I’ll admit, I had a few laughs as I read the book, but overall the characters are fairly typed and predictable. I’ve basically guessed the outcome of all three of her novels well before the “what happened” or th...more
It's been 5 months since Stephanie Plum of New Jersey's burg started working as an apprehension agent (she prefers bounty hunter) for her bail-bondsman cousin Vinnie. And January is looking like a really bad hair month. She's got an old Nissan Pickup she's convinced is possessed, but still has her uncle's 1953 Buick as a backup. "Nothing like packing a pistol to put spring in a girl's step," even if she's afraid of it. To make matters worse, Joe Morelli, working homicide temporarily, i...more
Janet Evanovich is an expert at subverting expectations, just when you start to think you've figured out her writing style, she throws an curveball. I like that. Early on I was worried that by the third book in the Plum series, Three To Get Deadly, I was aware of her bag of writing tricks, worried that the situations that Plum and her cast of character's from Trenton's "burg" were in had lost their fizzle. Just when I was getting weary of Stephanie Plum screwing up yet another bust, th...more(less)
THREE TO GET DEADLY - VG
Evanovich, Jenet - 3rd in series
Bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum has to track down Mo, the local candy store owner who has jumped bail. Nobody will believe that Mo has done anything wrong, but Stephanie - with the help of big blond Lula and good cop/bad cop Joe Morelli - soon discovers that Mo has more than candy in his basement.
When I need a break from serious, these are delightful, fun reads.
Evanovich, Jenet - 3rd in series
Bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum has to track down Mo, the local candy store owner who has jumped bail. Nobody will believe that Mo has done anything wrong, but Stephanie - with the help of big blond Lula and good cop/bad cop Joe Morelli - soon discovers that Mo has more than candy in his basement.
When I need a break from serious, these are delightful, fun reads.
Book three of the Stephanie Plum series proved to be just as entertaining and fun to read as the first two.
These books aren't meant to be read for the plot but, rather for the zany characters in them. Bounty hunter Stephanie (it's this or work in the button factory) can't catch a break with anything from her cars, her bad hair days, or the characters she's trying to apprehend. Of course, I absolutely love Joe Morelli and Ranger. (Dang, who would I choose? Why must I choose?) Wh...more
These books aren't meant to be read for the plot but, rather for the zany characters in them. Bounty hunter Stephanie (it's this or work in the button factory) can't catch a break with anything from her cars, her bad hair days, or the characters she's trying to apprehend. Of course, I absolutely love Joe Morelli and Ranger. (Dang, who would I choose? Why must I choose?) Wh...more
My ratings system is as follows. One star is GOOD. The book is entertaining, easy to read and you don't want to stop reading because something about the book is compelling you not to. Two stars is GREAT! This time the story is not only entertaining, but highly creative, unique, easy to read and hard to put down. Three stars is EXCELLENT. Here the book has all aspects of one and two stars, but now the book is thought and emotionally provoking. Four is AWESOME. This is the read that is not onl...more
This book was just "meh" for me. Maybe that's because I was distracted and read it during a rough time in my life. It was thin on plot and the mystery didn't particularly intrigue me. Basically, Stephanie Plum the bounty hunter had to find the Burg's missing saintly candy store owner who had suddenly turned bad and skipped his court date for unknown reasons. Finding Candy Man and the reason behind his sudden change of behavior just weren't exciting to me. I had trouble keeping straight...more
This one wasn't all that great. Don't get me wrong, there were parts where I was riproaring with laughter, especially when she teams up with Lula, an ex-ho that has Crohns'-induced stress problems, and dead body parts flying every where, but the plot itself was kind of weak.
It was like she took a hiatus from actually finding Uncle Mo, and had too many of her own problems to focus on being a bounty hunter. I was sick of hearing about her showering, sleeping, waking up and then moochin...more
It was like she took a hiatus from actually finding Uncle Mo, and had too many of her own problems to focus on being a bounty hunter. I was sick of hearing about her showering, sleeping, waking up and then moochin...more
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