Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, No. 6)

Hot Six

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Never mind who did the deed with New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum at the end of High Five. Five months later, that night’s only a dim, cherished memory, and Stephanie’s freezing her butt off on a Trenton bridge trying to keep her friend Carol–caught shoplifting some crotchless panties she was too embarrassed to buy–from committing suicide.

Truth is, I didn’t for a minute think she’d jump. For one thing, she was wearing a four-hundred-dollar jacket from Wilson Leather. You just don’t jump off a bridge in a four-hundred-dollar jacket. It isn’t done. The jacket would get ruined. Carol was from the Chambersburg section of Trenton, just like me, and in the Burg you gave the jacket to your sister, then you jumped off the bridge.

When Stephanie finally talks Carol down and makes it in to work at Vincent Plum Bail Bonds, it’s only to find that her libido-boosting pal Ranger, the professional bounty hunter and sometime hit man, has disappeared. A building owned by black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos has burned down, with Ramos’s son Homer lying inside, dead from a gunshot wound. Ranger, who was caught on film there by video cameras, is wanted for questioning. Stephanie’s boss Vinnie wants her to find him, but Stephanie, who knows she won’t find Ranger if he doesn’t want to be found, refuses. Soon everyone, from her cop boyfriend Joe Morelli to the two Laurel and Hardy wannabes who suddenly start following her around Trenton in a badass black Lincoln, thinks she’s hot on Ranger’s trail.And Stephanie’s got other things to worry about. For one thing, Grandma Mazur’s moved in with her, and so has Bob, a golden retriever who’s only partly house trained. Then Ranger starts popping up at odd times of the night, with instructions for Stephanie to keep an eye on another Ramos son, Hannibal. Add to that one homicidal maniac, a couple more dead bodies, Stephanie’s usual bad car karma, and the zit from hell, and you’ve got yourself one fine Stephanie Plum adventure. Will Stephanie triumph? You can bet a jelly doughnut on it. And there’s another great cliffhanger waiting at the end. –Barrie Trinkle –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Publishers Weekly
Sexy, smart-talking New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum returns for her sixth wildly amusing mystery (after 1999’s High Five). Determination and contacts (she’s grown up with half the cops and crooks in Trenton) compensate for Steph’s poor aim with a gun, bad luck with cars and soft-hearted approach to her job (one bail jumper evades her four times). The police are after her mentor, the mysterious Ranger, wanted for killing drug and gun dealer Homer Ramos. Claiming he’s innocent, Ranger persuades Steph to help him keep an eye on the Ramos clan. Steph teams up with her lover, vice cop Joe Morelli, then strikes out on her own when she realizes neither Joe nor Ranger will share information with her. When Mafia thugs get involved, she barely avoids kidnapping and torture. Meanwhile, there’s her love life to deal with. Can she be physically attracted to Ranger and be in love with Joe? Evanovich spins all these threads, plus more, into a lunatic tapestry of nonstop action peopled by wacky characters straight out of a 1930s screwball comedy: Steph’s Grandma Mazur, 80 years old, with the world view of a teenage punk; Mooner and Dougie, two lovable but zonked-out stolen goods dealers who have a closeout sale before going to jail; Habib and Mitchell, mobsters who follow Steph when Mitchell’s wife doesn’t need the car for kids’ soccer games; and Steph’s co-worker and pal, Lula, a gun-toting ex-prostitute always ready for an adventure. Evanovich just keeps getting better. (June)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Library Journal
Fans of Stephanie Plum Jersey girl and bounty hunter will be happy to find out just whom Stephanie spent the night with, as it was left to one’s imagination at the end of the preceding book, High Five. In this adventure, Stephanie learns that her friend and mentor, Carlos “Ranger” Manoso, is being sought for murder. Can Ranger be guilty? Stephanie helps to chase down a murderer and contend with two inept thugs, not to mention her growing attraction to one of the men in her life. Our heroine meets with the usual car-related misfortunes how many cars has this lady had destroyed? and the usual cast of colorful characters. The action is fast, and the dialog is sharp and flavored with Evanovich’s broad humor. There’s plenty of sexual banter and suspense to carry the listener along. C.J. Critt does a good job of giving each character a distinct personality; her voice paints pictures. Those who want an action-packed mystery laced with some steamy romance will love this audio. It’s pure fun to enter Stephanie’s universe, and who can’t use an escape now and then? Go ahead, six is your lucky number. Nancy Paul, Brandon P.L., WI
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The New York Times Book Review, Marilyn Stasio
Luckily for Stephanie, the inventive mind that got her into this giddy mess is clever enough to dig her out of it. –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From AudioFile
Combine sexy with a sharp wit and good looks, and you get bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. When Plum is asked to bring in her friend Ranger because he skipped out on bail, she feels torn between doing her job and protecting her former mentor. Debi Mazar’s clear narration characterizes Plum with a husky voice and quirky mannerisms. Plum’s subtle New York accent is nicely layered into her character. The supporting cast includes cop Joe Morelli, Plum’s grandmother, a surprise houseguest, and snitches Dealer, Doogie, Hannibal, Ramos, and Mooner, who are characterized by spirited street language. Rhythmic jazz signals story breaks and CD endings in this entertaining mystery. G.D.W. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine– Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine –This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

From Booklist
If you were angry with Evanovich at the end of High Five, when she coyly didn’t tell us which of Stephanie Plum’s two studmuffins the Jersey Girl-bounty hunter called for a tryst, you’ll soon forgive her. We find out Stephanie’s amour of choice right away, but there’s new action: Latino bounty hunter Ranger has gone missing, a suspect in a murder himself. Meanwhile, Stephanie’s relationship with Joe Morelli, Trenton cop extraordinaire, is definitely compromised when her Grandma Mazur moves in with her. (To say nothing of the dog, whose name is Bob.) There’s gangsters and gunrunners and all that, but what keeps Evanovich readers screaming for more are her sizzling erotic moments (a jacket dropping to the floor can raise the temperature several degrees) and her gift of making the grittiest and most terrifying of situations hilarious. Stephanie talks a friend down from a bridge, invades a Star Trek marathon, loses the requisite number of cars by misadventure, and–a personal favorite–captures a wife-killer out on bail while he’s naked and soapy in the shower. And at the end, when Morelli’s mother and grandmother halt 300 pages of foreplay interruptus by appearing at his door and asking where the ring is, even Stephanie finds herself looking at her hand in disbelief. Wow! Can’t wait for the next one. GraceAnne A. DeCandido
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Review

“Steph and company make for another helping of energetic entertainment–a savory Plum pudding for her growing army of fans.” (Kirkus Reviews)”A lunatic tapestry of nonstop action peopled by wacky characters straight out of a 1930s screwball comedy…Evanovich just keeps getting better.” (Publisher’s Weekly)

Review
“Steph and company make for another helping of energetic entertainment–a savory Plum pudding for her growing army of fans.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“A lunatic tapestry of nonstop action peopled by wacky characters straight out of a 1930s screwball comedy…Evanovich just keeps getting better.” (Publisher’s Weekly)

Product Description

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and Trenton vice cop Joe Morelli join forces to find the madman killer who shot and barbecued the youngest son of international black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos.Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, is caught on video just minutes before the crime occurs. He’s at the scene, he’s with the victim, and he’s the number-one suspect. Ranger is former special forces turned soldier of fortune. He has a blue-chip stock portfolio and no known address. He moves in mysterious circles. He’s Stephanie’s mentor–the man who taught her everything she knows about fugitive apprehension. And he’s more than her friend.Now he’s the hunted and Stephanie’s the hunter, and it’s time for her to test her skills against the master. But if she does catch him…what then? Can she bring herself to turn him in?Plus there are other things keeping Stephanie awake at night. Her maternal grandmother has set up housekeeping in Stephanie’s apartment, a homicidal maniac has selected Stephanie as his next victim, her love life is in the toilet, she’s adopted a dog with an eating disorder, and she can’t button the top snap on her Levi’s.Experience the world of Plum–in Janet Evanovich’s new thriller. It’s surreal, it’s frenetic, it’s incendiary. Hot Six. It’s the best yet.

About the Author

Bestselling author Janet Evanovich is the recipient of the Crime Writers Association’s John Creasey Memorial, Last Laugh, and Silver Dagger awards, as well as the Left Coast Crime’s Lefty award, and is the two-time recipient of the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association’s Dilys award. She lives in New Hampshire, where she is at work on her next Stephanie Plum adventure.