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I�d seen Janet Evanovich�s brightly-colored books all over the place -- the bookstore, the pharmacy, the grocery store -- and I have to admit that I was intrigued. Maybe it was just that the bright colors caught my eye (geez...you�d think I was a little kid!). And maybe it was the fact that there were just so many of them -- and they were everywhere. Whatever the case, I just couldn�t resist picking one up.
Four to Score is one of Evanovich�s novels about Stephanie Plum, a New Jersey bounty hunter who carries a bullet-less gun in her purse because she doesn�t like shooting -- and whose weapon of choice is pepper spray, or (in a pinch) hairspray. In Four to Score, Stephanie is after Maxine Nowicki -- and so, it seems, is everyone else. With the help of a six-foot-four transvestite, a two-hundred-pound ex-hooker, and her all-too-eager-to-help grandmother, Stephanie tries to beat her arch-nemesis, Joyce Barnhardt, to the prize, all the while trying to stay out of the way of an anonymous jealous woman who likes to set things on fire (like Stephanie�s car...and apartment).
Just one book, and I�m hooked. Evanovich is a skillful yet casual writer who definitely knows how to concoct a story. As I was reading Four to Score, I found myself snatching a few minutes here and there to read a few more pages. And in no time, I was finished and ready to go out and get another one.
Admittedly, though, Stephanie Plum novels aren�t exactly for guys. There were several times when I�d find a scene particularly funny, and I�d describe it (through my giggles) to my husband, who would just shrug as I told him, �I guess it�s a girl thing.� But that�s okay. Women deserve an alternative to the typical romance novel heroine -- and Stephanie Plum is a great alternative.
It�s about time to prepare for summer vacations and long hours by the pool. So I�m on may way out to pick up another brightly-colored Janet Evanovich book -- and I recommend that you do the same.
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