From the book jacket:
Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has inherited a "lucky" bottle from her Uncle Pip. Problem is, Uncle Pip didn't specify if the bottle brought good luck or bad luck...
BAD LUCK: Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, has run up a gambling debt of $786,000 with mobster Bobby Sunflower and is being held until the cash can be produced. Nobody else will pay to get Vinnie back, leaving it up to Stephanie, office manager Connie, and file clerk Lula to raise the money if they want to save their jobs.
GOOD LUCK: Being in the business of tracking down people, Stephanie, Connie, and Lula have an advantage in finding Vinnie. If they can rescue him, it will buy them some time to raise the cash.
BAD LUCK: Finding a safe place to hide Vinnie turns out to be harder than raising $786,000. Vinnie's messing up local stoner Walter "Moon Man" Dunphy's vibe, running up pay-per-view porn charges in security expert Ranger's apartment, and making Stephanie question genetics.
GOOD LUCK: Between a bonds office yard sale that has the entire Burg turning out, Mooner's Hobbit-Con charity event, and Uncle Pip's lucky bottle, they just might raise enough money to save Vinnie and the business from ruin.
BAD LUCK: Saving Vincent Plum Bail Bonds means Stephanie can keep bing a bounty hunter. In Trenton, this involves hunting down a man wanted for polygamy, a Turnpike toilet paper bandit, and a drug dealer with a pet alligator named Mr. Jingles.
GOOD LUCK: The job of bounty hunter comes with perks in the guise of Trenton's hottest cop, Joe Morelli, and the dark and dangerous security expert, Ranger. With any luck at all, Uncle Pip's lucky bottle will have Stephanie getting lucky - the only question is...with whom?
Finally, the Stephanie Plum books have gotten back on track. After a few books that were downright silly, Ms. Evanovich has gotten back to her old form. This one had some funny parts but nothing that was too ridiculous. A main story line about saving Vinnie and the bail bond business, and a few FTA's (failure to appear) to capture. Lots of Lula, a bit of Grandma Mazur (but not enough), some Ranger and some Joe, and Stephanie finally doing some thinking about the Joe/Ranger situation.
Now I can look forward to #17.
6 comments:
I've been wondering if I should pick this one up or not. Glad to see it's good.
I agree! I enjoyed this book a lot more than the last one.
Lynne, I'm so glad you said this book was good-I had heard it wasn't! I bought it and was sorry I did afterwards because of all the negative reviews I heard and read. Thanks for saying it was a good one!
If you like Stephanie, you might be interested in Bounty Hunters and Bail Bondsmen: Stephanie Plum vs. Reality.
I will put it on my library list. Wondering if I missed the last one.
Good to read this review! I have enjoyed (except for the language) almost all of these books, but not the last few as much as some of the others. Good to know that she's gotten back on track. I might have to get on the library list for it :)
On a side note, did you hear that they are making a movie of these, or at least the first one? I think Katherine Heigl is going to be Stephanie Plum and there's a rumor that Debbie Reynolds might play Grandma Mazur! What a hoot! Hope the movie is good :)
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