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Four to Score (Stephanie Plum #4)

by Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author)

4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 · rating details · 66,343 ratings · 1,668 reviews

A Featured Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club and a Main Selection of the Mystery Guild

Janet Evanovich, bestselling author of One for the Money, Two for the Dough, and Three to Get Deadly, scores big with Four to Score, her most thrilling Stephanie Plum adventure yet. Working for her bail bondsman cousin Vinnie, Stephanie is hot on the trail

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Hardcover, 226 pages

Published June 15th 1998 by St. Martin's Press (first published 1998)

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Sep 25, 2011 Lauren Fidler rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: big-hair, convoluted-love-triangle, bounty-hunting, doughnut-fiction

10 steps to writing a Stephanie Plum novel:

1. give stephanie a "skip" who isn't easy to find immediately or who disappears, thus leaving her feeling "funky" in her gut
2. include several scenes where stephanie finds herself with her "skip" but the "skip" is not caught - actually, make one scene involve stephanie getting her own equipment used against her and you'll meet this requirement
3. toss in a few "dinners at home" with her funny/dysfunctional family, including her gun-totin' grannie and her...more 10 steps to writing a Stephanie Plum novel:

1. give stephanie a "skip" who isn't easy to find immediately or who disappears, thus leaving her feeling "funky" in her gut
2. include several scenes where stephanie finds herself with her "skip" but the "skip" is not caught - actually, make one scene involve stephanie getting her own equipment used against her and you'll meet this requirement
3. toss in a few "dinners at home" with her funny/dysfunctional family, including her gun-totin' grannie and her mother who serves dinner at 6. sharp.
4. throw in a couple of scenes involving either stephanie's ex hubby dickie or his mistress joyce. focus on stephanie's blind rage.
5. scatter delicately several scenes involving joe morelli and his voracious sex drive.
6. add 2-4 scenes of the cryptic ranger, usually assisting stephanie in her attempts at apprehension
7. make your real "big bad" someone who is both the least likely person possible and someone who is vaguely connected to both stephanie's skip and whatever case joe morelli is supposed to be working on when he's not trying to sex up ms. plum
8. include a scene at the end where stephanie almost gets killed by the big bad but is rescued by one of her many colorful sidekicks
9. end on an ambiguous note, usually pertaining to the state of joe and stephanie's relationship
10. mention hairspray, spandex, the burg, the rangers, cars, surveillance, and doughnuts at whim.

truth be told, this one is my favorite so far. i laughed out loud several times, my favorite involving a scene where sally sweet (stephanie's new transvestite sidekick), lula (the 250 pound former hooker who helps stephanie), grandma mazur (the gun-totin' grannie who looks for "babes" and dresses like her granddaughter) and stephanie (the bounty hunter) get held up at knifepoint. three of the four have guns on them; i'll let you guess who was the odd man out.

finally some development in the morelli-plum relationship. of course, evanovich has to blow up stephanie's bedroom at 2am thus forcing her to stay at morelli's place for a couple of days (hello awkward plot device)...my only beef was this: after the steamy love connection, stephanie (and we the readers) are faced with the cold reality of the morning after, when morelli's hair is now too long (no longer sexy) and he fails to meet her high standards of having a cookie jar in his kitchen. when i read books like these, i want a departure from the mundane. i HAVE the reality; i don't need to be reminded of it in my crap-fiction. you dig? an odd moment of truth in an otherwise delightful installment of predictability.(less)

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May 25, 2009 Catherine rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: own

Oooh! We get intellectuals in this one - codes no less! Don't worry, we don't have The Da Vinci Codestyle disappointment of finding out how trivial they are really because the details are not revealed, they're simply beyond Stephanie's brain and get passed on to Sally. I do like the way the cast of supporting characters is growing with each book and each of them brings something new to the party.

This was the last of the first block of these I read, as I was missing (or at least thought I was mi...more

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Oct 22, 2007 ☆Brittany☆ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone who enjoys a good laugh!

Shelves: humor, mystery

I had the *hardest* time getting into this book. I have read the previous 3 Stephanie Plum books - which I thoroughly enjoyed & couldn't stop reading - but this time it took me forever to finish.

I think my main problem with reading it was that I have been super busy & when I haven't been busy I've been tired & this book didn't suck me in like all the other books had.

Evanovich still made me laugh - she has a great sense of humor & an amazing way with words but I'm assuming my lack...more

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Mar 16, 2012 noelle rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: do-not-own, ebooks

here is a series of my tumblr posts that relate to this book and others of its ilk

post 1: does janet evanovich integrate the cast of jersey shore into her later stephanie plum novels?
those are really the only things i know about nj other than the fact that it smells like shit as you’re going into nyc. i remember a couple of years ago they had billboards up trying to promote how much it didn’t smell like shit. if you have to put billboards up, nah, probs aint true.

what i appreciate about j.e.’s s...more here is a series of my tumblr posts that relate to this book and others of its ilk

post 1: does janet evanovich integrate the cast of jersey shore into her later stephanie plum novels?
those are really the only things i know about nj other than the fact that it smells like shit as you’re going into nyc. i remember a couple of years ago they had billboards up trying to promote how much it didn’t smell like shit. if you have to put billboards up, nah, probs aint true.

what i appreciate about j.e.’s stephanie plum novels, kathy reichs’ temperance brennan novels, and laura lippman’s tess monaghan novels is that they’re all so formulaic. (i’d mention the sookie stackhouse books but charlaine harris is fucking ridiculous. “she had muscles in her butt” will forever remain emblazoned on my mind whenever i think of her. so sry, gurl, you are not invited here.) i mean, it gets tiring after a while, as evidenced by the total loathing you can read in my goodreads reviews, but i like knowing what’s gonna happen. i’m a big fan of spoilers. and these are perfect mindless reading! this is my bread and butter when i can’t find anything smarter to read.

i love tess monaghan for the baltimore and i appreciate temperance brennan for the science, but i think stephanie plum is the best written of the three separate series. janet evanovich has clumsily (and by clumsily i mean casually racist) handled her only black character so far (i’m on four to score), a fat, “sassy” black ex-prostitute, which, blech, but barring that, her series is the most engaging. there’s none of the awkward mom talk kathy reichs so hideously exhibits (this is also a charlaine harris thing) or the kind of boring, unforgettable stuff from tess monaghan. and i love tess and her/my baltimore, but the writing isn’t particularly memorable.

if you have recommendations for any other series, preferably that i can download for free onto my kindle, pls lmk. once i’m done with stephanie plum i can go back to reading about theda krakow, journalist turned cat detective. how exciting.

post 2: something else
i also appreciate the fact that evanovich’s sex scenes aren’t cringeworthingly embarrassing. i mean, they aren’t good but it’s not like i’m sitting here thinking “UGH, MOOOOOOOM!!” on behalf of any offspring

there’s no awkward phrasing and she doesn’t use any “vulgar” terms without resorting to saying, like, hooha instead. it’s totally pg-13 without being completely puerile. gj, lady!

post 3: last something else
one thing i fucking hate is that, like every other white lady who writes this kind of vaguely trashy book, she does not stop mentioning that stephanie plum is 5’5 or something and 125 lbs in order to ~paint the picture~, but throughout the book stephanie will lament her complete and total fatness; and she’ll sometimes juxtapose that against lula, the fat and “sassy” black ex-prostitute who weighs 200 lbs

i think it’s just really telling of how thin people have no idea how fat bodies work. she writes lula as if she’s some kind of hulking obeast but that’s barely even on the fatness scale. c’mon now.(less)

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Oct 23, 2010 Alisha rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Yay! So glad I read through to this, the fourth book in the Stephanie Plum series. Within the first 30 pages, I knew I would enjoy it more than the previous three (and they themselves weren't bad at all).

For one, the "I brushed my teeth, put on nighties, fed my hamster, got in bed and fell asleep" coverage is greatly scaled back (though, it was a minor gripe before, anyway). Instead we're treated to more action, more plot. I found myself loathe to stop reading for any reason (sleep, work, etc)....more

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May 07, 2008 Jessica rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Plum fans!

Imagine finding yourself burnt, or getting beat up or even shot at! All of this comes with Stephanie Plum’s job’s territory. It’s occupational hazard. She’s a bounty hunter. In the fourth book of the series, Stephanie is after Maxine, a first time offender who stole her boyfriend’s car after a fight. The problem is Stephanie is not the only one after her. Her nemesis, Joyce, has given up her make-up counter job at Macy’s for the glamorous job of felon apprehension, and is after the same felon! J...more

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Jun 08, 2008 Trudy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: janet-evanovich

Again, nothing really new - LOVE these books...

In this "episode" we meet a new character - Sally Sweet. He is a cross dressing drag queen... yep... that's what I said. And Joyce is back - Stephanie's arch rival... in bouty hunting (now) and with her husband, Dickie (then). Surprise, Joyce is the reason for the demise of Stephanie's short lived marriage to Dickie, a trenton attorney.

Jealousy over Stephanie's relationship with Sally creates tension until things start to explode, literally, and Ste...more

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Nov 24, 2007 Kate rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: evanovich

Two things I learned from this book...everyone in the Burg carries a gun and the women of the Burg seem to be carrying the biggest guns. Secondly, my life is completely boring compared to Stephanie Plum.

In Four to Score we can add yet another blown up car to Stephanie's list not to mention her apartment which is torched which leads her right into the arms of Morelli. Add a Grandma Bella and a Grandma Mazur to the story and you've got yourself one heck of a book...I finished this book and kept r...more

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Mar 08, 2013 Bonnie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter, is back along with Morelli, Grandma Mazur, Lula, Ranger and with the addition of a 6 foot plus transvestite. These are the funniest, quirky characters you will ever meet. It seems that none of the people in Stephanie's life are entirely normal, which makes them very likable. Stephanie is destined to unravel the most preposterous crimes, in spite of her stumbling ways and group of misfits.

Although this is a funny detective story it did not hold my interest as well a...more

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Jan 29, 2013 Gwyn rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, funny

When I'm describing a less-than-best book in a series I really like, I usually say it's the "least good." I try to avoid calling it "bad" because it usually isn't. While Four to Score doesn't deserve the appellation "bad," I think it does deserve something a little stronger than "least good." Since I've been listening to the Stephanie Plum series as audiobooks, I often find myself the subject of concerned stares as, while standing at a bus stop or walking down the street, I suddenly start laughi...more

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Dec 16, 2012 Peter rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Janet Evanovich Scores with Four to Score

“A plum choice.”—-USA Today

“A fast-paced thriller.”—-The San Diego Union-Tribune

“A raucous delight.”—-Publishers Weekly

“Plenty of wit and grit.”—-The New York Times Book Review

“A winner.”—-Glamour

“High-speed comic mayhem.”—-Detroit Free Press

“This is one you have to have.”—-Washington Times

Stephanie Plum, Trenton, New Jersey’s favorite pistol-packing, condom-carrying bounty hunter, is back—-and on the trail of a revenge-seeking waitress who’s ski

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Oct 03, 2012 Shxrxn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

He had an annoying habit of periodically popping up in my life, frustrating the hell out of me and then walking off into the sunset. I couldn't do much about the popping up or the walking off. I could do something about the frustrating.
- Stephanie
I could have called.
- Morelli
I thought maybe you were dead.
- Stephanie
I hate fix-ups. Fix-ups are always awful.
- Stephanie
He's not my type.
- Stephanie
What's wrong with him?
- Mom
He's got too many buttons open on his shirt.
- Stephanie
I couldn't stand fuck...more

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Aug 04, 2012 Melinda Grooms rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Just finished reading this book for the second or third time.

We meet a new character in this book - Sally Sweet - band member of The Lovlies - a 6 foot 4 inch drag queen. When Stephanie gets assigned to bring in Maxine for stealing her boyfriend's car, she doesn't expect to be led on a wild goose chase. Maxine is trying to get back at her cheating, abusive ex boyfriend - Eddie Kuntz. She is leaving clues for Eddie to find - the only way she'll give him back his 'embarassing love letters' is if h...more

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May 22, 2012 Nicole Green rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have only one really important thing to say about this book: Joyce Barnhardt is a bitch with a capital C-U-N-T. I love the fact that I hate Joyce Barnhardt so much that if she were real, I would punch her in the face at the most opportune moment. Janet Evanovich is one of a limited number of authors who has made me feel so much about one character. Most authors develop their main characters to the point you feel like you've known them forever. But, there are very few authors who write the "bad...more

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Feb 16, 2012 Paula Phillips rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It's Stephanie Plum time again , as I make my way through the series and I bring to you my review for Book #4 Four to Score. In Four to Score , we read the introduction of Joyce Barnhardt to the Plum Bounty Hunter Agency. This would have been another smooth transaction like Lula but Joyce just happens to be one of Stephanie's arch-enemies dating back to high school and then when Stephanie caught Joyce bare-assed on their kitchen table and as the book quotes which made me laugh "playing hide the...more It's Stephanie Plum time again , as I make my way through the series and I bring to you my review for Book #4 Four to Score. In Four to Score , we read the introduction of Joyce Barnhardt to the Plum Bounty Hunter Agency. This would have been another smooth transaction like Lula but Joyce just happens to be one of Stephanie's arch-enemies dating back to high school and then when Stephanie caught Joyce bare-assed on their kitchen table and as the book quotes which made me laugh "playing hide the salami" with her then husband now her ex Dickie - the lawyer we meet in Book #3. In Four to Score , the bounty that needs hunting is Maxine Nowicki - an angry gf who stole her ex-boyfriend's car , it seems like an easy score but then again this wouldn't be a Stephanie Plum novel if it was a simple and easy transaction. It seems Maxine has a thing for treasure hunts and sends her ex-boyfriend Eddie on a clue-searching time . Enter Stephanie , she has been hired to find Maxine and the only way she can think of is to help Eddie solve the clues. In Four to Score , we are introduced to another interesting character who assumes the role as Stephanie's Code-Cracker Salvatore aka Sally Sweet , a straight tranvestite. When Sally becomes more involved, his roommate Sugar seems to be getting jealous and goes after Stephanie who is standing in his way of happiness. When Stephanie's flat is burned and a couple of her cars blown up , it definitely seems like things are taking a turn for the worst once again in her life as she is forced to move in with none other than -you guessed it Joe Morelli. When word gets around the neighbourhood , rumours of wedding bells chiming and buns in the oven run a riot. Though when it comes to Stephanie and Joe , who really knows what goes on in their mind except of course the fact that they tend to have alot of sex as we discover that commitment = a carton of condoms.
The only thing that I did find annoying with Four to Score , was that it had so many characters and the storyline/plot was so busy. I'm not sure if it was just this book or whether that is a trait of Janet Evanovich's writings.
Stay tuned as I read and review Book #5 "High Five".(less)

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Jan 30, 2012 Michelle rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-fiction, chick-lit, humor, mystery, thriller

I've made a new pact with myself. I am not going to apologize for reading books that lack any real intellectual value. I suppose if that was all I read ever...well then maybe I would need to excuse my horrible habits.

However, since I do read plenty of good and worthy literature, both fiction and non, I am not going make excuses. I like Stephanie Plum, and I like this series. And at some point in time, I am going to get tired of it and that will be that.

Won't say much about this. Same sort of fo...more

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Nov 30, 2011 Taylor Ruhoff rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!

Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter, is sent after Maxine Nowicki, a waitress arrested for stealing her ex-boyfriend's car. Her first order of business is to check the house of Maxine’s ex-boyfriend, Eddie Kuntz. He claims not to have seen Maxine or know where she is, but says that she called to tell him that he will receive her airmail on Sunday. The airmail arrives by way of a brick through his front window. A ‘clue’ is attached to the brick; Eddie enlists Stephanie’s...more THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!

Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter, is sent after Maxine Nowicki, a waitress arrested for stealing her ex-boyfriend's car. Her first order of business is to check the house of Maxine’s ex-boyfriend, Eddie Kuntz. He claims not to have seen Maxine or know where she is, but says that she called to tell him that he will receive her airmail on Sunday. The airmail arrives by way of a brick through his front window. A ‘clue’ is attached to the brick; Eddie enlists Stephanie’s help decoding and following the clues that Maxine leaves for him. He offers to pay her $1,000 dollars, if she ever actually gets paid we never know. These clues lead her to meet a new friend who helps her decode the clues. His name is Sally Sweet, a cross-dressing musician who lives with his gay roommate, Sugar, who is not too thrilled that Sally is helping Stephanie. With Sally and Lula, former hooker turned file clerk; Stephanie follows Maxine from a rental house in Point Pleasant, New Jersey to Atlantic City to the Newark Airport. Not only is Stephanie racing to catch Maxine before she disappears forever, but against her archenemy since second grade, the woman who cheated with Stephanie’s ex-husband, a very vain and annoying character (in my opinion), Joyce Barnhardt. Stephanie gets help from her on-again-off-again “boyfriend” and cop, Joe Morelli. Unfortunately, yet surprisingly common for her, Stephanie has angered someone who is now trying to kill her. She arrives home early one night to find her apartment burned to a crispy cinder by a firebomb launched through her bedroom window. Thankfully her ever-kind elderly neighbors managed to save her hamster, Rex. This is a true relief for Stephanie (and a hard-core fan like me) because Rex is her constant companion in an otherwise uncertain and sometimes lonely life. Without a place to stay, she ends up at the house of the one and only Joe Morelli. This is a long awaited moment for many fans because finally we get written proof of a relationship between Stephanie and Joe that stretches beyond simple innuendos and catty remarks. This of course is fouled by a bet a few days later, $50 dollars to whomever can hold out the longest. Again, the winner of the cash prize is never mentioned. After another attempt to kill Stephanie when someone tries (and fails) to firebomb Joe’s house, like a bull and his horns, mess with a cop and you get the police force, they soon discern that the person trying to kill Stephanie is Sally’s roommate, Sugar. After a short scuffle between Sugar and Stephanie that started in a club and ended in the middle of the lobby of an old folk’s home, Sugar is arrested. After he is arrested, Stephanie finds Maxine at the airport and arrests her. Thus ending another exciting chapter in the Stephanie Plum series.

I gave this book five stars for two reasons: the addition of another colorful character and the unusually high number of intriguing incidents.
Salvatore Sweet, is as colorful a character as the rest of the cast. The nephew of a woman in Stephanie’s building; he is a well-known, cross-dressing musician. He has a real knack for solving puzzles, and in the beginning of the book starts out by helping Stephanie decode Maxine’s clues and by the middle of the book is a full-fledged member of the team. He has an odd, yet refreshing way of looking at the world and an even odder and a little less refreshing way of dressing. Sally, as everyone calls him, is not afraid of being himself. “Leo squinted at him. ‘What’s with the earrings?’ ‘I felt like being pretty today, man,’ Sally said, shaking his head to give Leo the full effect. ‘See how they sparkle in the sun? F***ing awesome, huh?” (253)
The second reason I rated this book at five stars is because of the unusually high number of intriguing incidents. These incidents include the explosion of Stephanie’s new car and Lula’s firebird, the arson of Stephanie’s apartment and attempted arson of Joe’s house, and a scuffle in the lobby of an old folk’s home with a cross-dressing man. All this is pretty much summed up in this quote, “’Let me get this straight. Yesterday, someone actually blew up your car and your apartment. And now you want to move in with me? What, do you hate me? You’re a walking disaster.”…”You’re right I’m a disaster. Look at me. I’m homeless. I’m carless. And I’m hysterical. What kind of bounty hunter gets hysterical? A loser bounty hunter, that’s what kind.” (144-145)(less)

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Jul 18, 2011 AudioBookFans rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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My review: Janet Evanovich has done it again! I’m madly in love with the Stephanie Plum series and just finished this audiobook.

Bounty Hunter Stephanie Plum is on the case of tracking down Maxine, a waitress who stole her ex-boyfriend’s car and jumped bond. Stephanie hits the ground running with her normal sidekick, Lula. Lula, a 200-lb black woman, has turned her life around after being a prostitute and is now filing...more My review was originally published at our website, http://www.audiobookfans.com

My review: Janet Evanovich has done it again! I’m madly in love with the Stephanie Plum series and just finished this audiobook.

Bounty Hunter Stephanie Plum is on the case of tracking down Maxine, a waitress who stole her ex-boyfriend’s car and jumped bond. Stephanie hits the ground running with her normal sidekick, Lula. Lula, a 200-lb black woman, has turned her life around after being a prostitute and is now filing papers at the bond office. She loves the excitement of bounty hunting with Stephanie and usually invites herself along for the ride.

As usual, Stephanie finds drama along the way to capturing her bond jumper. She meets a transvestite named Sally Sweet and his roommate Sugar. Sally is a puzzle busting machine and manages to help Stephanie decode Maxine’s notes and lead them in the right direction. But of course, Sally insists on being a part of the take-down!

And last but not least, Joe Morelli. *Sigh* He may be my new fictional love. Forget about that long-haired romantic dude on the cover of romance novels, I like a man with a gun! Morelli steps up to the plate again and helps Stephanie when she gets in too deep and finally, finally… a steamy bedroom scene between him and Stephanie!

I spent more than half of the time listening to this audiobook smiling or laughing. The comedy is amazing and Evanovich has yet to disappoint me. I love her style of writing. She has the perfect mix of comedy and suspense. She’s very detailed in some of the descriptions but doesn’t overdo it. It’s a nice median.

Narrator Review: C.J. Critt was great, once again. Even though I’ve heard raving reviews of Lorelei King’s narrations of future books, I’m still very happy with Critt’s performance. She drags me into the story really fast and keeps me hanging on through the twists, turns and laughs. I’m not sure I could manage to narrate this book without being doubled over with laughter.(less)

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Jun 23, 2011 Tabi34 rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: janet-evanovich

This is not a book to read in bed, especially if your husband is trying to sleep. Laugh out loud uproarously funny stuff. Maxine is accused of stealing her ex-boyfriend's car so she runs him over, jumps bail and makes him jump through various hoops. He wants his love letters back, but they're not really love letters. Maxine sends him clues to find them and he has to do nasty things like dig through a bag of dog poop to find the clue. Stephanie and her posse of misfits goes after Maxine and tries...more

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Apr 08, 2011 Tim rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Actually finished this a month or so ago. I've really enjoyed this series, especially on Audiobooks. Characters are all wacky but somehow familiar, and the mysteries, while relatively straightforward reading, have some unexpected twists. This one concerns the disappearance of a much-loved candy-store owner, with implications of concern for the safety of neighborhood children, alternate lifestyles and a LOT of dead drug dealers. How's it all tie together? Well, I'm not gonna tell you THAT, but su...more

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Nov 08, 2010 Peep (Pop! Pop!) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2010, tis-funny, adult-cravings

Read this one a few days ago and am behind in reviews! I have to write this one before I forget what it's about! I will say that so far, this one was my favorite Stephanie Plum. I laughed out loud a lot with this one. Oh my goodness, did I laugh! I laughed when that old guy was talking about how the weatherman can't make up his mind about the heat. And said that when he goes to the grocery store and it's too cold. Hot, cold. Hot, cold. It gives him the runs. Hahahaha. Stephanie thinks to herself...more Read this one a few days ago and am behind in reviews! I have to write this one before I forget what it's about! I will say that so far, this one was my favorite Stephanie Plum. I laughed out loud a lot with this one. Oh my goodness, did I laugh! I laughed when that old guy was talking about how the weatherman can't make up his mind about the heat. And said that when he goes to the grocery store and it's too cold. Hot, cold. Hot, cold. It gives him the runs. Hahahaha. Stephanie thinks to herself about if she ever got the runs at the supermarket she'd eat a bullet. My sentiments exactly!

And Grandma was hilarious as usual! Remember when she said she wanted a jersey just like Stephanie's? And how she bet she'd have guys following her down the block if she dressed like that?? Hahaha! But I laughed when Steph's dad replied with, "Stiva, the undertaker"....."with his tape measure." Hahaha. Luckily, no one in the house pays him any attention.

I loved Lula and Sally in this one. I liked Lula from the beginning, but this one I really liked her in. She's really growing, isn't she? I like how she's always there when Stephanie needs her, which is a lot. And I like how she sticks up for Stephanie. Don't you? She needs someone like that. And Sally. WOW! I would have liked to have met him in person. He seemed like a fun guy. I wanted to know how much money he made and if so, it would tell me how much money Sugar made.

Poor Stephanie, once again she can't catch a break. And she can NOT keep a car. Am I the only person that thinks she should invest in a great pair of running shoes? Or a nice road bike. Sorry if I said that in a previous review. You know, these Stephanie Plum books have a strict formula, but I still like them,.

I loved how everyone knew what Stephanie had been up to the previous night. I couldn't stop laughing! I would say that even without her "good fortune" I still would have loved the book. Really, I wanted to smack her "friend" for not giving Stephanie more. But he's a tough guy and I guess he has his reasons. Maybe I'm just used to my romance books where they declare their love by the end of the book. No matter, I still enjoyed it. Probably I'll keep reading them. Probably I'll read the next book real soon. Sorry! I couldn't resist. I thought it was funny how they began their sentences with probably.

As for the storyline, I liked it. It was interesting and it wasn't too over the top. I didn't care for the mom and the friend, but I was rooting for Maxine.

By the way, have you looked at casting for the movie lately? Most of them have been cast.

And did anyone else catch that comment Ranger made to Steph about today not being the day??? That was glossed over but what's up with that?(less)

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Oct 19, 2010 Tintin rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook

Just when I thought nothing can top the last Plum book I read for entertainment value, I read the 4th installment and find myself clutching my desk, doubled over in laughter. As usual the appeal of the main 'case' is secondary to the appeal of the cast of characters, which shine even more brilliantly this time around than I remember. There's a new and interesting addition to Stephanie's motley crew: the cross-dressing rock star straight transvestite Sally, the code breaker. Sally gives off comed...more

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Aug 21, 2010 Jennefer rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This fourth book in the series is one of nonstop falling off your chair laughter. Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter is after Maxine Nowicki, who is free on a stolen automobile charge. Her boyfriend, Eddie Kuntz, also offers Stephanie money in hopes that she can retrieve something extremely valuable to him...love letters, he claims.

The chase is on in this page-turning craze, and all of the extra added details that makes this adventure that much more funny! The cast of characters is helpful to Stepha...more

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May 12, 2010 Elaine rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Apr 29, 2010 Sarah rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010-read, 2010-apr-read

I wasn't as interested in this book as compared to the first three, not sure why. Perhaps it was because I kept starting and stopping, that I never got into it.

Anyway, Stephanie Plum is out looking for Maxine, who was charged with car-theft by her her ex-boyfriend. Her ex-boyfriend also wants Maxine found, as she supposedly has some love letters that he wrote to her, and he's doesn't want the contents to be exposed. Maxine keeps in contact with her ex-boyfriend, by sending him clues, sort of lik...more

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Jul 28, 2009 Jake Rideout rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

My favorite part:

Lula reached out to snap the cuffs, and without warning the front and back doors crashed open. Joyce Barnhardt, dressed in swat black with "bounty hunter" emblazoned on her T-shirt, charged into the room with guns drawn. There were three other women with her, all dressed like Joyce, all armed like Rambo on rampage, all yelling "Freeze" at the top of their lungs and doing those squatting cop stances you see in the movies.

... [people yelling, things getting knocked over:] ...

I jus...more

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Sep 24, 2012 Cherry Mischievous rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: alltimefavorites, audiobook, favourites, i-ve-read, own, willreadthisauthoragain

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I stopped listening to this series for a bit because I actually got tired of Stephanie's antics. Yeah, after sometime it loses its funny-ness. It became more like a "too stupid to live" than funny. Or maybe I was just in a grumpy slump... Anyway, I picked this series up again after crying over The Host by Stephanie Meyer and now it is funny again. So be warned, this book made me laugh out loud but not everybody may see the humour. But it made me laugh and that's what counts! I am also fi...more

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Jun 24, 2012 Tiffany rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Hands down Evanovich is my FAVORITE author!! You can always expect to bust out laughing when reading any book in this series. The antics of both Grandma Mazur and Lula make me laugh so much my eyes water...and I don't know who's hotter Morelli or Ranger :-) I'm not going to review each individual book since the series is so long but I will say that every book is well written and Evanovich has THE best writing style around. I'm always blown away by the strong and realistic dialogue which makes th...more

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May 22, 2012 Lauren rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-reads, mysteries, series-books

So, the basic storyline is the same: Stephanie Plum, lingerie-saleswoman-turned-bounty-hunter, has been given a tough case, which turns out to be a mystery that takes a whole team of mismatched characters to solve. This case in particular revolves around a dead-beat couple: Kuntz and Maxine. When they get in a fight and Maxine runs off with Kuntz’s car, she gets picked up on an auto theft charge and skips her court date. It seems like a pretty open and shut case: she has a house, a job at a dine...more

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May 05, 2013 Karen Bailey rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013, plum-obsession, favorites

What happens when Stephanie temporarily moves in with Morelli when someone firebombs her apartment?!?! Bow Chicka Wow Wow. It took LOOONG enough - but in the fourth installment Stephanie and Morelli finally hook up and I can’t get this tune out of my head…

I've been really tryin', baby
Tryin' to hold back this feelin' for so long
And if you feel like I feel, baby
Then come on, oh, come on
Whoo, let's get it on
Ah, babe, let's get it on
Let's love, baby
Let's get it on, sugar
Let's get it on
Whoo-ooh-ooh

T...more

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Janet Evanovich is the #1 bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, twelve romance novels, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and graphic novels, Wicked Appetite (the first book in the Lizzy and Diesel series,) and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.

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“She'll be back," Ranger said. "But not tonight."
[Stephanie] "How'd you get her to leave?"
"Told her I was gonna spend the next twelve hours ruining you for all other men, and so she might as well go home."
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