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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nJanet Evanovich is amazing. Here we have entry No. 26 in the adventures of Stephanie Plum, improbable New Jersey bounty hunter, and it\u2019s just as funny, surprising and fresh as any of the 25 that preceded it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The usual elements are here \u2013 Stephanie is still often accompanied by her sidekick Lula, the over-the-top former ho\u2019, as she pursues ne\u2019er-do-wells who have run out on the bail her Cousin Vinnie posted for them. She still has two (sort-of) love interests in her life, Morelli, the sexy homicide detective who\u2019s been her boyfriend for a long time, and Ranger, the sexy head of a security company who looks after her even when his efforts to lead her astray don\u2019t succeed. She still comes home alone many a night to the apartment she shares with no one but her hamster, Rex. She\u2019s still always short on money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\u2019s still regularly having whatever car she\u2019s driving destroyed in some dramatic fashion. And she\u2019s still woefully unsuited for her job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stephanie Plum is not a tough gal, and she knows it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But she can be tough when she has to, and when her family is threatened, she has to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stephanie\u2019s beloved Grandma Mazur decided to get married again, to a local gangster who she\u2019s sure is really a nice guy these days. Problem is, he drops dead of a heart attack less than an hour after they exchange vows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her new husband\u2019s untimely death plunges Grandma into a world of trouble, with various relatives furious that she\u2019s now his heir, and his mobster associates convinced that Grandma has the keys to some sort of treasure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In between chasing \u2013 sometimes successfully, sometimes not \u2013 fugitives who have skipped bail, Stephanie does what she can to protect Grandma as well as her mom and dad, who are in harm\u2019s way because Grandma lives with them. She tries to find the keys, or at least to convince the bad guys that Grandma doesn\u2019t have them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Suffice it to say all sorts of hilarious adventures ensue, with some life-threatening peril thrown in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I look forward to each new Stephanie Plum book, knowing I\u2019m in for a few hours of delightful entertainment. They are great as audio books. Lorelei King gives voice to Stephanie perfectly, and the stories are easy to follow. Even if totally unexpected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson TWISTED TWENTY-SIX. By Janet Evanovich. Penguin Audio. Read by Lorelei King. 6 \u00bd hours; 6 CDs, $32. Also available in print from G.P. Putnam\u2019s Sons. Janet Evanovich is amazing. Here we have entry No. 26 in the adventures of Stephanie Plum, improbable New Jersey bounty hunter, and it\u2019s just as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598,"href":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions\/2598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lindabrinson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}