Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, No. 3)
Posted by Zephyrus on July 31, 2008
Three to Get Deadly
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Editorial Reviews
As readers of Janet Evanovich’s two previous books about funny, feisty, family-tied bounty hunter Stephanie Plum already know, she operates in “the burg”–a “comfy residential chunk of Trenton, New Jersey, where houses and minds are proud to be narrow and hearts are generously wide open.” On this turf, Plum fights for justice and fashion points–this time in pursuit of a beloved neighborhood candystore owner who seems to be moonlighting as an anti-drug vigilante. Evanovich now lives in New Hampshire, but authentic affection for Trenton energizes her prose. Plums in paperback include One for the Money and Two for the Dough. –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Publishers Weekly
Trenton, N.J., bounty hunter and former lingerie buyer Stephanie Plum (last seen in Two for the Dough) becomes persona non grata when she tracks down a neighborhood saint who has failed to show up for his court appearance. No one wants to help Stephanie, who works for her bail-bondsman cousin, Vinnie. While questioning admirers of the man nicknamed Uncle Mo, Stephanie is attacked and knocked out as she cases his candy store. She comes to next to the dead body of her attacker, who turns out to be a well-known drug dealer. Suddenly, she can’t avoid stumbling across the bodies of dead drug dealers: one in a dumpster, one in a closet and four in the candy store basement. Stephanie suspects that mild-mannered Mo has become a vigilante and is cleaning up the streets in a one-man killing spree. But when she’s repeatedly threatened by men wearing ski masks, she wonders if Mo has company and just might be in over his head. Despite her new clownish orange hair job, Stephanie muddles through another case full of snappy one-liners as well as corpses. By turns buttressed and hobbled by her charmingly clueless family and various cohorts (including streetwise co-worker Lulu, detective and heartthrob Morelli and professional bounty hunter Ranger), the redoubtable Stephanie is a character crying out for a screen debut. Mystery Guild selection; Literary Guild alternate; major ad/promo; author tour.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Library Journal
Hunting for a local candy-store owner who jumped bail, Trenton’s most famous bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum (last seen in Two for the Dough, LJ 1/96) is knocked out on the job. She awakens beside a dead man who happens to be in violation of a bond agreement with her cousin Vinnie, so homicide wants to give her the third degree. More fast and funny action from a winning writer.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
The New York Times, Marilyn Stasio
[Stephanie's] manic excesses are an indelible part of her charm. –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Since getting the bounce from her job as the lingerie buyer at a major department store, Stephanie Plum has been working the streets of Trenton, New Jersey, as a bounty hunter. Stephanie likes to think it’s a temporary gig until something better comes along, but she’s not fooling anybody, least of all herself: she loves the rush, claiming that nothing puts a little bounce in a girl’s step like a .38 and a pair of cuffs. Her latest job is to track down Moses “Uncle Mo” Besemier, a respectable old bachelor who jumped bail. Why did he skip when all he would have faced is a fine and an admonishment to behave himself? Stephanie realizes there’s more to the case when, while seeking out one of Mo’s pals, she’s knocked out and wakes up next to a very dead guy. She also learns that a lot of local drug dealers have been meeting with deadly accidents, leaving town, or keeping very low profiles. Her job is further complicated by an ominous minister and an old flame from the police department. Stephanie Plum stands apart from the female series characters who are so popular in crime fiction. She’s funnier, tougher, politically incorrect, and just loves her job to death. This may be the break-out entry in an already critically acclaimed series. Be prepared for significant demand. Wes Lukowsky –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Review
“Suspenseful.” –Los Angeles Times
“Terrific.” –San Francisco Chronicle
“Irresistible.” –Kirkus Reviews
“Thrilling.” –The Midwest Book Review
“Hilariously funny.” –USA Today
“A blast of fresh air.” –The Washington Post
“Inventive and fast-paced.” –San Diego Union-Tribune
“Superb.” –Detroit Free Press
Review
“[Evanovich's novels are] among the great joys of contemporary crime fiction.” –GQ
“Suspenseful.” –Los Angeles Times
“Terrific.” –San Francisco Chronicle
“Irresistible.” –Kirkus Reviews
“Thrilling.” –The Midwest Book Review
“Hilariously funny.” –USA Today
“A blast of fresh air.” –The Washington Post
“Inventive and fast-paced.” –San Diego Union-Tribune
“Superb.” –Detroit Free Press
Product Description
Simon & Schuster
Stephanie Plum, the brassy babe in the powder blue Buick is back and she’s having a bad hair day — for the whole month of January.She’s been given the unpopular task of finding Mo Bedemier, Trenton’s most beloved citizen, arrested for carrying concealed, gone no-show for his court appearance.
And to make matters worse, she’s got Lula, a former hooker turned file clerk — now a wannabe bounty hunter — at her side, sticking like glue. Lula’s big and blonde and black and itching to get the chance to lock up a crook in the trunk of her car.
Morelli, the New Jersey vice cop with the slow-burning smile that undermines a girl’s strongest resolve is being polite. So what does this mean? Has he found a new love? Or is he manipulating Steph, using her in his police investigation, counting on her unmanageable curiosity and competitive Jersey attitude?
Once again, the entire One for the Money crew is in action, including Ranger and Grandma Mazur, searching for Mo, tripping down a trail littered with dead drug dealers, leading Stephanie to suspect Mo has traded his ice-cream scoop for a vigilante gun.
Cursed with a disastrous new hair color and an increasing sense that it’s really time to get a new job, Stephanie spirals and tumbles through Three to Get Deadly with all the wisecracks and pace her fans have come to expect. –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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