Author: Janet Evanovich
Publisher: Bantam
Publication Date: November 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance / General Fiction
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Description: Trouble comes in bunches for Stephanie Plum. First, professional grave robber and semi-professional loon, Simon Diggery, won’t let her take him in until she agrees to care for his boa constrictor, Ethel. Stephanie’s main qualification for babysitting an extremely large snake is that she owns a stun gun - whether that’s for use on the wandering serpent or the petrified neighbors remains to be seen.
Events take a dark turn when headless bodies start appearing across town. At first, it’s just corpses from a funeral home and the morgue that have had the heads removed. But when a homeless man is murdered and dumped behind a church Stephanie knows that she’s the only one with a prayer of catching this killer.
If all that’s not enough, Diesel’s back in town. The 6-foot-tall, blonde-haired hunk is a man who accepts no limits—that includes locked doors, closed windows and underwear. Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli isn’t pleased at this unexpected arrival nor is Ranger, the high-powered security consultant who has his own plans for Stephanie.
As usual Jersey’s favorite bounty hunter is stuck in the middle with more questions than answers. What’s the deal with Grandma Mazur’s latest online paramour? Who is behind the startling epidemic of mutilated corpses? And is the enigmatic Diesel’s sudden appearance a coincidence or the cause of recent deadly events?
My Thoughts: Just meh...this series is over done and beyond its prime. The characters have become stagnant, redundant and repetitive. The stories have become weak and are bordering on annoying. I used to feel entertained at how many cars Stephanie can go through in a book or how many times Grandma Mazur causes Stephanie's mother to take a swig from the whiskey bottle, but it's just getting too ridiculous to continue and I'm starting to get bored.
I think it's time for Stephanie to get her ass off the fence, choose Ranger or Joe (at this point I don't even care anymore) and do something with her life. I never thought I would agree with her mother, but maybe Stephanie needs to go get that job at the button factory and give up her bond enforcement gig.
This series has brought some very great moments of laughing so hard, tears were rolling down my face. I will always cherish those moments when Grandma Mazur pulls out her gun at the dinner table and murders the Sunday meal or when a severed penis is delivered to Stephanie. “It's a penis,' Grandma said. 'Stephanie got it in the mail. It's a pretty good one too.” and “Sliced off like a chicken neck and stuck with a hatpin. Reminded me of my husband.” Lula leaned forward so she could whisper. “You talking about size? Was your man’s part that big?” “Heck no,” Grandma said. “His part was that dead.” Good times.
My Final Verdict: Ms. Evanovich has my everlasting love and gratitude for that, but it's time to put this puppy to bed and move on to a new project.
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