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Smokin' Seventeen

Smokin' Seventeen, July 2011
Stephanie Plum #17
by Janet Evanovich

Bantam
Featuring: Joe Morelli; Stephanie Plum; Ranger
320 pages
ISBN: 0345527682
EAN: 9780345527684
Kindle: B004HFRJCG
Hardcover / e-Book
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"Someone is tagging bodies for Stephanie."

Fresh Fiction Review

Smokin' Seventeen
Janet Evanovich

Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted July 28, 2011

Mystery

Stephanie's mother has found the perfect man, at least as far as she is concerned. Stephanie isn't convinced and he won't take no for an answer. Dave shows up and makes great meals for her but the timing isn't always convenient. Meanwhile, two dead bodies are discovered on the lot where the bail bonds office used to stand. A local mobster and his lawyer. The office is operating out of Mooner's RV while Vince convinces his father-in-law to rebuild. Stephanie and Lula have two clients to catch but they keep getting away. One believes himself to be a vampire and Lula shoots a toe off the foot of Melvin since he called her fat. It's life as normal for Stephanie until more bodies start turning up on the empty lot with cards addressed to Stephanie. Morelli and Ranger both get involved as the threat to Stephanie deepens. Filled with Evanovich's trademark humor and typical gags, readers will fall in love with the series again.

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SUMMARY

Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum.
 
Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but what is clear is that Stephanie’s name is on the killer’s list.

Short on time to find evidence proving the killer’s identity, Stephanie faces further complications when her family and friends decide that it’s time for her to choose between her longtime off-again-on-again boyfriend, Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and the bad boy in her life, security expert Ranger. Stephanie’s mom is encouraging Stephanie to dump them both and choose a former high school football star who’s just returned to town. Stephanie’s sidekick, Lula, is encouraging Stephanie to have a red-hot boudoir “bake-off.” And Grandma Bella, Morelli’s old-world grandmother, is encouraging Stephanie to move to a new state when she puts “the eye” on Stephanie.

With a cold-blooded killer after her, a handful of hot men, and a capture list that includes a dancing bear and a senior citizen vampire, Stephanie’s life looks like it’s about to go up in smoke.


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