Four to Score

Summary: Stephanie Plum, the trash-talking New Jersey bail bondswoman of this popular series, is tracking Maxine Nowicki, who's wanted for skipping out on a car-theft charge lodged by her ex-boyfriend. Now the ex-boyfriend's very interested in getting back the love letters he supposedly wrote to Maxine. But what he's really looking for is the secret on which Evanovich hangs her screwball cast of colorful minor characters, including Sally Sweet, a cross-dressing drag queen; Lula, the 250-pound ex-hooker who works for Steph's boss; Cousin Vinnie, the bail bondsman; Grandma Mazur, who packs a Glock and is always looking for a little action; and Joyce, a wannabe bounty hunter who's been cramping Steph's style since she played pass the salami with Steph's ex-husband. The action doesn't get much farther from Trenton than the Jersey Shore, but when Steph's apartment and car are blown up by the others on Maxine's trail and she moves in with Joe Morelli, the handsome, arrogant cop she's been hung up on since high school, it gets hotter than the craps table in Atlantic City. Plum's fans won't be disappointed in this fourth outing in the series, and they're likely to be even more interested in the snappy patter and sexy shenanigans than in the mystery that holds it all together.

What I thought: I have to say I was team Ranger until this book. I've never been a huge Morelli fan and at the beginning of this book I wanted to punch him in the face, but by the end I loved him. You got to see a lot more of him in this book since Stephanie ended up moving in with him. I still have to say I loved the Ranger scenes still and I wanted more of him in this book. I loved Sallie in this book who is a straight drag Queen. I wanted to see someone hurt Joyce and loved the scene where Lola finally gets her hands on her. Even Morelli wanted to make her pay for the crap she was pulling with Stephanie. I loved meeting Grandma Bella and just thought that whole end of the story has a lot to add.