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Résumé:
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. --Jane Adams