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Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Time for a change, Stephanie thinks. Time to find the kind of job her mother can tell her friends about without making the sign of the cross.
So Stephanie Plum quits. Resigns. No looking back. No changing her mind. She wants something safe and normal. As it turns out, jobs that are safe and normal for most people aren't necessarily safe and normal for Stephanie Plum. Trouble follows her, and the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can't compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now. Her past has come back to haunt her. She's stalked by a maniac returned from the grave for the sole purpose of putting her into a burial plot of her own. He's killed before, and he'll kill again if given the chance. Caught between staying far away from the bounty hunter business and staying alive, Stephanie reexamines her life and the possibility that being a bounty hunter is the solution rather than the problem. After disturbingly brief careers at the button factory, Kan Klean Dry Cleaners, and Cluck-in-a-Bucket, Stephanie takes an office position in security, working for Ranger, the sexiest, baddest bounty hunter and businessman on two continents. It might not be the job she'll keep for the rest of her life, but for now it gives her the technical access she needs to find her stalker. Tempers and temperatures rise as competition ratchets up between the two men in her life—-her on-again, off-again boyfriend, tough Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and her bad-ass boss, Ranger. Can Stephanie Plum take the heat? Can you?
Between the adventure and the adversity there's attitude, and Stephanie Plum's got plenty in her newest misadventure from Janet Evanovich, Eleven on Top.
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- ISBN: 9781593977221
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- Duration: 07:43:40
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Publisher's Weekly
May 30, 2005
New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum (last seen in 2004's Ten Big Ones
) stumbles out of the gate due to some forced humor, but she eventually hits her usual entertaining stride in a tale that includes exploding cars, volatile wedding preparations and heated romantic entanglements. Stephanie decides to quit her job and seek less dangerous work after receiving a couple of disquieting notes. But the notes turn to threats and attacks, and she learns that her ineptitude is not confined to bounty hunting but transfers well to a succession of low-paying, sometimes humiliating jobs. After taking on Stephanie's previous duties, sidekick Lula naturally calls on Stephanie to lend a hand so that her bounty hunting travails continue unabated. Foul-mouthed Lula proves to have some pretty brutal ideas about how to bring 'em back. Bestseller Evanovich may be performing the same tricks over and over at this point in the series (the bumbling sleuth act, sexual-tension jokes, etc.), but most readers will find this a pleasing romp. Agent, Robert Gottlieb. 1.25-million printing; author tour. -
AudioFile Magazine
Another hilarious edge-of-the-seat, action-packed caper of Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter. This time Plum has had enough of the exploding cars and death threats associated with her job. But as she tries her hand at ridiculous menial jobs, she's still being stalked by a killer of cunning disguise and deceit. Lorelei King gives Plum a plaintive attitude of "why is this happening to me again?" King also offers up a varied, authentic cast of supporting characters, including Plum's two macho love interests, sexy bounty hunter Ranger and ever-faithful cop Morelli. Best of all, Plum's Grandma Mazur and feisty Grandma Bella, with accents and age intact, deliver laugh-out-loud moments. There's not a false step--or voice--in this eleventh Plum mystery. An irresistible bonus: King interviews Evanovich. M.T.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine
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