Smokin' Seventeen

August 29, 2011
In Evanovich’s 17th installment in the Stephanie Plum series, everyone’s favorite bumbling bounty hunter is still torn between the two men in her life—security expert Ranger and tough guy cop Joe Morelli—and still watching bodies pile up around her. With family members attempting to play matchmaker and a serial killer dumping bodies all over Plum’s stomping grounds, little has changed in dark and seedy New Jersey. Lorelei King—a veteran Evanovich narrator—slips back into the series and voices Plum with the greatest of ease, clearly enjoying herself from beginning to end. Her narration is effortless yet highly nuanced, funny, and entertaining. King produces a range of unique voices for the book’s many characters and offers up a winning performance that will delight Evanovich fans. A Bantam hardcover.

January 1, 2011

Some 75 million copies of Evanovich's 33 novels have been sold worldwide, the last Stephanie Plum novel debuted in the top spot on the New York Times best sellers list, the film version of One for Money (starring Katherine Heigl) is set for a summer 2011 release, and Evanovich's new publisher is planning a smash-up campaign for her latest. I'm telling you all this because no plot details are available, but you still know you'll need to buy lots.

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