Book Review: Have You Met Stephanie Plum? (single, female bounty hunter)

Have You Met Stephanie Plum? by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press, 52 pp, 2003, FREE Sampler) Review by Skye Anderson

If you like the Kinsey Milhone alphabet mysteries by Sue Grafton (set in California) and have read all 25 of them like I have, you will love Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum!

And if you haven't read the Kinsey books, try them, along with Evanovich's 31, and you will be hooked!

Have You Met Stephanie Plum? is a sampler. In this very short book with episodes from the first nine of her 31 books, we can read samplers ranging from just a couple of pages to 14 pages as we are introduced to all the main characters from Grandma Mazur to police officer Joe Morelli and former Army ranger, Ranger, along with Golden Retriever, Bob, plus Lula, the former 'ho' turned assistant bounty hunter. Our heroine, Stephanie, attracts unsavory characters, many of whom she went to school with, along with Morelli. And speaking of Morelli - and Ranger - Stephanie can't decide which one she should end up with.

Set in Trenton, New Jersey, with all of its culture, this sampler book also has a short summary of each of the nine books so far. I'd recommend starting with the first book but if you can't get it, start anywhere and get ready to laugh at the antics and exploding cars!