Book Review 4 out of 5 stars to Hard Eight, the 8th book in the "Stephanie Plum" cozy mystery series, written in 2002 by Janet Evanovich. OK... so I cannot figure out for the life of me how Ms. Evanovich comes up with the hilarity in these characters. It's absolutely amazing to see the varying degrees of lunatics Stephanie has to deal with. In this book, it's less about one particular mystery, although there is a driving case she is working on. There are about 10 skips (bail jumpers)

Finally, after seven books, Stephanie has fornicated with Batman, aka, Ranger. Major kudos go to Janet Evanovich for making my stomach flip without a whole lot of information. I've never even seen this Ranger, or Joe Morelli for that matter, and yet all I have to do is read a line and somehow they can send heat straight to my doodah, Jesus. I have no doubt that men everywhere would give their right arm for such a skill. The plots remain rather over the top, but I have come to find the ridiculous...

Ranger StephanieI love this series and rereading is like experiencing it new again. After reading three so-so romantic-suspense books it’s great to read a book that has it all: romance, mystery, suspense, humor. Just wonderful entertainment. This is also the book that made me Team Ranger. Ranger has a moral code all his own and he doesn’t hesitate to do what needs to be done to protect Stephanie.This time Stephanie is after a mother, Evelyn, and her child, Annie, and it's a favor for the lady

Why-oh-why didn't Janet go into a little more detail about Steph's 'escapade' with Ranger? Darnit, I wanted more info than that! LOL! That's okay. He's still just as hot as ever. I enjoyed the story, but it still seems strange, the situation between Joe and Steph. Why is it that he can't accept wholely who Steph is and what she does for a living? Would he feel the same if she was a cop? If you ask me, the attitude is a selfish one, and he's really starting to piss me off. Wonder what the next st...

Stephanie is on the hunt again, but this time not just for people who have skipped bail, but also for the missing granddaughter and great-granddaughter of her parents' next door neighbourhood who has skipped on a child custody bond (for no pay, naturally). In addition to getting help from the usual crew--Lula, Ranger, and Morelli (not much from Grandma Mazur, unfortunately), she also gets help from a rather poor lawyer named Kloughn (sounds like clown), but the sinister Addie Abruzzi is after he...

Damn, I love the characters and this was such a great read, s few different storylines.

You know what this series is like? It's Casualty. Each episode has a different story or two related to the job, and sometimes those caught up in it have some sort of connection with one of the regulars, but meanwhile there's a soap-opera plot which depends more on the personalities and out-of-work life of the main characters. A slightly new tale, a familiar formula and the latest status updates from people you've come to care for. OK, so this is bond enforcement in New Jersey, not A&E in Holby;

Perhaps I'm rating this too high, but Janet Evanovich entertains me and makes me laugh-repeatedly-when I desperately need it. With too much violence to be a cozy (someone gets sawed in half and duct taped back together) and not enough relationship drama to be a romance, this series hits the spot for me when the time is right. Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter in Trenton, NJ, and is not great at her job, but she is persistent and sometimes brave to the point of stupidity (points to Evanovich for

This is a humor/cozy mystery/chick-lit, and this is the 18th book in the Stephanie Plum series. I have listen to this whole series on audiobooks, and the narrator of the audiobooks does a great job on this book. All the books in this series will make you laugh so much, and I will say the way to read these books is by audiobooks. All the characters are so fun and developed. I love this series so much. I love the Ranger character so much. Stephanie Plum always gets into big messes, and she will ma...

Stephanie has a slightly different challenge to face in this instalment - she's been asked to track down a missing young girl on behalf of her very worried grandmother. Unfortunately the search puts her in the sights of Eddie Abruzzi, a nasty piece of work who is in business with the child's father. As the danger ratchets up a notch and Morelli continues to keep his distance after their latest fallout it's up to Ranger to come to Stephanie's aid when she needs him the most.This series is just so...

Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time rolling on the ground with men who think a stiffy represents personal growth. The rolling around has nothing to do with my sex life. The rolling around is what happens when a bust goes crapola and there’s a last ditch effort to hog-tie a big, dumb bad guy possessing a congenitally defective frontal lobe. Stephanie and Lula make a wonderful team. They met in book one. Stephanie was just beginning her journey as a bounty hunter and Lula was still working t

I am giving this book 5 Stars solely on the grounds that it was beyond hilarious. Never in my life I have read anything so ridiculously funny!Every character, every situation was so full of rollicking stupidity that it made me burst out laughing. The mystery in this book was okay, I didn't really care much about it because in this installment we had an abundance of entertaining side kicks.Albert Klough's description of looking like a Pillsbury Doughboy made me laugh lout loud EVERY TIME! xDAnd...

I've read most of the Stephanie Plum novels dating back to the first four which I read out of order. Since then, I'd anxiously await the publishing of a new one where I'd run to the store and purchase. They're all good, laugh out loud funny, and just great entertainment.This particular book remains a favorite of the series. Maybe one of the more edgier of the group as lately the author seems to have scaled back a bit.

Hard Eight is a fantastic Plum novel and is one of my favorites :) This story is about Stephanie helping out her parent's neighbor. The neighbor's granddaughter Evelyn and great granddaughter Annie have disappeared so Stephanie agrees to help find them. In the process of locating Evelyn and Annie, Stephanie crosses paths with a dangerous individual by the name of Eddie Abruzzi. Eddie threatens Stephanie to try and get her to stop looking for Evelyn and Annie. One of my favorite parts of this boo...