Book 2 - 2018
Book 2: Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich - 413 pages
Description from bookdepository.co.uk:
Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet!
FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS
While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos, Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her.
THEN THE STRANGER REVEALS HER SECRETS
The woman dresses in black, carries a 9mm Glock, and has a bad attitude and a mysterious connection to dark and dangerous Carlos Manoso ...street name, Ranger.
NEXT, SOMEBODY DIES
The action turns deadly serious, and Stephanie goes from hunting skips to hunting a murderer.
SOON, THE CHASE IS ON
Ranger needs Stephanie for more reasons than he can say. And now, the two are working together to find a killer, rescue a missing child, and stop a lunatic from raising the body count. When Stephanie Plum and Ranger get too close for comfort, vice cop Joe Morelli (her on-again, off-again boyfriend) steps in. Will the ticking clock stop at the stroke of twelve...or will a stranger in the wind find a way to stop Stephanie Plum...forever?
Thoughts:
This was by far my favourite Stephanie Plum book so far. I actually laughed out loud a handful of times, and I flew through it (I had a large print copy as well, which I think helped). A genuinely interesting mystery, lots of Morelli and Ranger, but with the right amount of tension between the two men, sufficient Lula/Connie/Vinnie/Grandma without being overwhelming. And for the first time, Stephanie actually felt remotely competent at her job - she managed to apprehended half a dozen or so bad guys, and watching her train Meri proved she’d actually learnt some things over the previous eleven books. Probably my only gripe was the fact that I kinda wish Ranger would lay off a little - Stephanie is obviously with Morelli, and even though she does struggle a little with her feelings for the two men, it kind of annoys me that Ranger tends to take advantage of this. But it’s a minor gripe, and if more of these books were like this one, I think I’d really enjoy them more. Overall, a five star book in a 3.5 half star series.
2 / 50 books. 4% done!
737 / 15000 pages. 5% done!
Currently reading:
- The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman - 378 pages
- Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential by Dr. Carol S. Dweck - 288 pages
- Journey to the West by Cheng-En Wu - 673 pages
And coming up:
- The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: Volume 3: White Gold Wielder by Stephen Donaldson - 500 pages
- The Odyssey by Homer - 324 pages
- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff - 310 pages
Description from bookdepository.co.uk:
Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet!
FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS
While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos, Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her.
THEN THE STRANGER REVEALS HER SECRETS
The woman dresses in black, carries a 9mm Glock, and has a bad attitude and a mysterious connection to dark and dangerous Carlos Manoso ...street name, Ranger.
NEXT, SOMEBODY DIES
The action turns deadly serious, and Stephanie goes from hunting skips to hunting a murderer.
SOON, THE CHASE IS ON
Ranger needs Stephanie for more reasons than he can say. And now, the two are working together to find a killer, rescue a missing child, and stop a lunatic from raising the body count. When Stephanie Plum and Ranger get too close for comfort, vice cop Joe Morelli (her on-again, off-again boyfriend) steps in. Will the ticking clock stop at the stroke of twelve...or will a stranger in the wind find a way to stop Stephanie Plum...forever?
Thoughts:
This was by far my favourite Stephanie Plum book so far. I actually laughed out loud a handful of times, and I flew through it (I had a large print copy as well, which I think helped). A genuinely interesting mystery, lots of Morelli and Ranger, but with the right amount of tension between the two men, sufficient Lula/Connie/Vinnie/Grandma without being overwhelming. And for the first time, Stephanie actually felt remotely competent at her job - she managed to apprehended half a dozen or so bad guys, and watching her train Meri proved she’d actually learnt some things over the previous eleven books. Probably my only gripe was the fact that I kinda wish Ranger would lay off a little - Stephanie is obviously with Morelli, and even though she does struggle a little with her feelings for the two men, it kind of annoys me that Ranger tends to take advantage of this. But it’s a minor gripe, and if more of these books were like this one, I think I’d really enjoy them more. Overall, a five star book in a 3.5 half star series.
2 / 50 books. 4% done!
737 / 15000 pages. 5% done!
Currently reading:
- The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman - 378 pages
- Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing the way you think to fulfil your potential by Dr. Carol S. Dweck - 288 pages
- Journey to the West by Cheng-En Wu - 673 pages
And coming up:
- The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: Volume 3: White Gold Wielder by Stephen Donaldson - 500 pages
- The Odyssey by Homer - 324 pages
- Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff - 310 pages