"Absolutely fantastic mystery"
Bond Enforcement Agent Stephanie Plum and her sometimes
partner Lula are outside the deli-mart trying to decide
what to eat when a man wearing a red devil mask runs out
of the store. He has a Molotov cocktail that he throws
into the store he just robbed but the manager catches it
and throws it back bouncing it off the culprit's head into
Stephanie's car. The car catches fire and the criminal
takes off his mask and Stephanie realizes she can identify
him. Her live in lover Joe Morelli tells her he is associated
with the street gang Comstack Street Slayer. Without
thinking of the consequences, Stephanie and Lula go into
Slayer territory to look for the Red Devil robber when
gang members, some of which jump on her car, surround
them. She drives away, throwing the gang members into the
street and the next thing she knows the Slayers have
imported the hitman Junkman to take her and a few other
people out. Stephanie comes up with an deliciously
felonious plan to find out who is on the Junkman's hit
list and why but she is still in danger with Joe and
Ranger, the sexy bounty hunter who is Joe's rival doing
their best to protect a woman who needs her freedom. This is obviously the tenth Stephanie Plum novel and
unbelievably it is one of the best in the series. It is
fresh, funny, upbeat, and populated with the quirky
characters readers have come to love. Stephanie's
relationship with Ranger is definitely heating up. It is
delightful to watch the heroine doing her job while hiding
out from the gang members. Janet Evanovich score again
with an undeniably great crime novel. This author has so
much talent it is no wonder she is always on the
bestseller lists. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted May 11, 2004
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