***
3/5
Thanks to Netgalley and Headline for giving me this book to
review.
More adventures in the crazy life of Bounty Hunter,
Stephanie Plumb. Her latest misadventure
involves trying to apprehend strange and unlikely FTA’s (failure to attend’s) and
becoming involved with people who have taken a new street drug that turns them
into, well, almost zombies. She is aided
in this by her friend and colleague, Lula, and her dysfunctional family, including
Grandma Mazur. She worries about her
commitment to her boyfriend, Joe, has a fling with Ranger, and is almost led
astray by a character who crops up occasionally in Stephanie Plum books, called
Diesel.
The plot is slightly more complex than usual, however, the
whole book is very light and easy to read, and provides many a smile, so long
as you don’t take it too seriously. The
humour is quite slapstick in nature, and there is always the opportunity to
smile and marvel at the chaos that is Stephanie’s life. The characters in this book are, as usual,
larger than life, and not always based in reality, but it’s fun! If you wanted realism, you would not choose
to read this series of books.
Grandma Mazur was a little bit over the top this time,
maybe a bit too silly. However, I did enjoy how Lula was in this book, still a
bit silly, still full of attitude, but less of the crazy. I’m afraid I didn’t quite see the point of
Diesel, he didn’t seem to add much to the plot, and came across less
mysterious, more irritating.
I enjoyed Hardcore Twenty-four and would recommend it to
people who have enjoyed other Janet Evanovitch novels, or those who like light
comedy/crime novels.
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