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By Janet Evanovich

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About the Author

Janet Evanovich is the author of the Stephanie Plum books, including "One for the Money" and "Sizzling Sixteen," and the Diesel & Tucker series, including "Wicked Appetite." Janet studied painting at Douglass College, but that art form never quite fit, and she soon moved on to writing stories. She didn't have instant success: she collected a big box of rejection letters. As she puts it, "When the box was full I burned the whole damn thing, crammed myself into pantyhose and went to work for a temp agency." But after a few months of secretarial work, she managed to sell her first novel for $2,000. She immediately quit her job and started working full-time as a writer. After 12 romance novels, she switched to mystery, and created Stephanie Plum. The rest is history. Janet's favorite exercise is shopping, and her drug of choice is Cheeze Doodles. She and her husband live in New Hampshire, in house with a view of the Connecticut River Valley.

Reviews

Bestseller Evanovich recycles tired themes better executed in earlier adventures in her latest Stephanie Plum adventure (Fearless Fourteen, etc.). When Lula inadvertently witnesses the beheading of culinary TV star Stanley Chipotle in a Trenton, N.J., alley, Stephanie's on-again off-again boyfriend, cop Joe Morelli, reluctantly takes the case. Lula, with the help of Grandma Mazur, enters the same barbequing competition Chipotle was in town to promote, hoping to lure the murderers out of hiding. Meanwhile, Ranger has recruited Stephanie to help solve a series of break-ins at properties under the protection of Rangeman Security. The inevitable sparks fly between Stephanie and Ranger, with Morelli grumbling on the sidelines. Evanovich dishes up her usual mixture of shoot-'em-up action (numerous cars explode) and quirky characters (notably a neighborhood flasher with a devoted following), but the lackluster plot will disappoint fans. (June 23) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.

More Stephanie Plum from Macmillan; Lorelei King reads. Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.

"Evanovich writes with flair in an absurdist vein that her imitators can only envy."--"The New York Times""" "Evanovich dishes up her usual mixture of shoot-'em-up action (numerous cars explode) and quirky characters (notably a neighborhood flasher with a devoted following)."--"Publishers Weekly""" "The 15th chapter of Evanovich's long-running Stephanie Plum series still keeps the wacky factor hilariously high. Only Evanovich can make the shenanigans of this nutty crew seem almost reasonable.... There are giggles galore!"--"RT Book Reviews""" "Read "Finger Lickin' Fifteen" for the laughs."--"Omaha World-Herald"

Blockbuster author Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum novels are:

"LAUGH-OUT-LOUD FUNNY."
"--St. Louis Post Dispatch"

"HOT AND SASSY."
"--The Boston Herald"

"A PLUM PICK."
"--People"

"IRRESISTIBLE."
"--Houston Chronicle"

"BRILLIANTLY EVOCATIVE."
"--Denver Post"

"OUTRAGEOUS."
"--Publishers Weekly"

"STUNNING."
"--Booklist"

"OFF BEAT AND HILARIOUS."
"--Romantic Times BOOKreviews"

"HIGLY ENJOYABLE...WHO CAN RESIST?"
"--Chicago Tribune"

" A GOOD TIME."
--"New York"" Daily News"

"AS ENTERTAINING AS EVER."
--"Entertainment Weekly"