Notorious Nineteen

When this one gets serious and creepifying...it gets really serious and creepy. Even better, Evanovich restrains the goofiness. Leaving this a moderately suspenseful, witty and charming book. Even Grandma – who has a significant role here – isn't as cartoonish as she often is.

There are two major cases that Stephanie has to deal with – the Ranger case is pretty fun, if a little lean. The major case, dealing with the missing embezzler, is more intricate than usual. I don't know that I was convinced by Stephanie's methods to solving it, but I applaud the complexity of the case and hope that Evanovich is willing to stretch like that again.

Not much else to say at this point – it's a Stephanie Plum book, and a pretty good one. That's pretty much all that a Plum-head (Plumb-er?) should need.

I always include major spoilers (hidden), to help with my memory  issues. Read them at your peril! 
A bail-skipper with a high tariff has vanished from a hospital ward, and Stephanie needs to get him back, dead or alive.  Ranger asks her to be his “date” at a security job, and it turns out that an ex-team member of his in the special forces is crazy and now determined to kill both Ranger and Stephanie. A second bail-skipper pledged an Hawaiian tiki as bail security and Stephanie ends up toting it around with her.

Another fun instalment, much the same as all the rest.