Janet Evanovich Brings Laughter to the Page

Janet Evanovich, every woman's favorite mystery writer, is the creator of Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter, and the zany cast of characters that populate the Plum novels. If you have not heard of Stephanie Plum, here is what you're missing.

Stephanie Plum lives in the burg of Trenton, New Jersey where she works as a fugitive apprehension officer for her cousin, bail bonds owner, Vinnie. Besides Vinnie, there is Connie who is the office manager, and Lula, bounty hunter wanna be. In a previous life Lula was a "ho" now gone straight. She vacillates between dieting and feeding her large frame which is usually encased in spandex and Lycra three sizes smaller. Trouble seems to follow Stephanie. The fugitives just refuse to be apprehended and the cavalry has to come to her rescue. There is grandma Mazur who likes to ride shotgun from time to time. Grandma is a fun loving widow whose main leisure activity is going to funeral viewings. Stephanie's mother worries and cooks and feeds the brood while Stephanie's father suffers the craziness of his family in silence. Then there are the men in Stephanie's life. Childhood sweetheart, police officer, Morelli with whom Stephanie has an on again off again love affair. He is frustrated with the life threatening situations our heroine gets into. And there is mysterious, dark, handsome, Ranger, fellow bounty hunter, protector and dangerously seductive. He can be counted upon to ride to the rescue and then vanish into the sunset. Oh, and did I mention that Stephanie has a knack for getting her cars crashed, fire bombed, and blown up?

Evanovich' easy fun loving style brings the characters alive on the pages. Once a romance writer, she says she ran out of words to describe love making and decided to move to the romantic adventure genre. We are all the happier that she did as she is does capture comedic mystery better. The Plum books are titled by the numbers starting from One for the Money published in 1994 to Finger Lickin Fifteen(2009) There are short Plum novels of the "Between the Numbers" series the latest of which is Plum Spooky (January 2009.)

So drive, don't run to your nearest bookstore and get yourself a Stephanie Plum book. Or better yet, buy online at: http://www.newandgentlyreadbooks.com/