Smokin Sebenteen by Janet Evanovich 387 pages

Books by Janet Evanovich are a delight, quick read ( I can’t usually put them down) and hilarious! Smokin’ Seventeen is no exception. Stephanie Plum is my favorite Evanovich character. She is intelligent without but hides it well. She has a knack for getting herself into trouble with the bad guys she tries to apprehend as part of her job as bounty hunter for her cousin Vinney. Stephanie also finds trouble with the two men in her life. Ranger, the secretive security expert waits patiently while Joe Morelli, the cop is busy with bodies being dumped on the site of the old bail bonds building. Stephanie’s mother and Grandma Mazur are trying to get Stephanie married off by inviting an old school mate of Stephanie and Joe’s to dinner. The former high school football star looks like the perfect fit and Stephanie’s mom encourages her to dump both Joe and Ranger for a more “conventional” type of man. As usual for Stephanie, a car is demolished, more dead bodies are found and some of the skips for whom she is trying to “reschedule” a missed court appointment are strange but typical for her New Jersey town. You cannot help but laugh out loud when you read the Evanovich books and Smokin’ Seventeen is no exception.