Car casaulties: ZERO!
Dildos: 2
Peanut butter and olive sandwiches: 1

I'm 56% done with this book and Stephanie is still driving the same car she was driving on page 1. And it's not Big Blue!

Üks parimaid Stephanie Plumi romaane, mida ma lugenud olen.

Stephanie Plum is up to her usual tricks, when Ranger all but disappears.

There's a missing child, and a lot more dead bodies than usual piling up. It turns out Ranger has a doppelganger who wants to take his place.

Not bad, does make me glad I don't live in New Jersey.

dessert is also the base of my food pyramid

Laughed out loud sometimes and suspenseful, too!

Real crap like a bad TV show

If there is one thing you can count on with the Stephanie Plum series, it is that you are going to have a laugh until your stomach hurts, good time.

I adore this series. It has it all, tension filled romance, yummy and hilarious side characters that are every bit as hilarious as they are swoon worthy, action, humor, and most of all, it is just freaking fun and one I turn to time and time again.

While this twelve installment is just as funny, just as good as all the others, it is also a little more serious than what we are use to but in a really good way. The stakes are higher, lives are on the line and this time, those lives, are people we know and love.

I can't even begin to tell you how wonderful this was and how it gave me exactly what I needed (a reading pick me up) just when I needed it.

Between crazy Grandma M and Lula who I adore (oh my gosh the rock n' roll band and thongs! Seriously enough said, just read it already!) , and the sexy Ranger and Morelli, this series really does deliver on all counts of fun.

If you haven't tried this series yet and need a lighter but still mystery filled, action packed, humor ridden, heart pounding good time, try this series. I don't think you will be disappointed, at. All.

Twelve Sharp is the ... wait for it .... 12th book in the Stephanie Plum mystery series by American author Janet Evanovich. For those who might not yet heard about this series, Stephanie is a bounty hunter working in the Burg in New Jersey for her cousin Vinnie, a bail bondsman. Along for the ride is Vinnie's office manager, Connie, ex-hooker and Stephanie's partner in hunting down court no-shows, bigger than life, Lula. There are the two men in Stephanie's life, cop and boyfriend, Morelli, and mystery man, also bounty hunter, amongst other enterprises, Ranger. Then you have her wonderful family; mother, ever-suffering father, wild grandmother and others.

Like the others I've enjoyed, the story is basically predictable, but it's a good, entertaining, fun predictability. Stephanie and Lula will struggle to catch and bring in their FTA's, aka Failures to Appear. I have to say, that after 12 books, they are having more success now. Stephanie's complicated relationships with Morelli and Ranger (who will eventually win?) is once again complicated, but nicely so. And then there is Grandma, well, what can you say about Grandma? Adventurous, always getting into hilarious trouble and causing Steph's mother to consider taking up drinking as a serious occupation.

The premise for this story is that someone is after Ranger, who seems to have disappeared. Someone is stalking Stephanie. People begin to go missing, dead bodies begin to turn up. Lula has joined transvestite rocker Sally's band as lead singer and eventually Grandma wants to give it a try. Vinnie's bail bonds office is being overwhelmed with FTA's and Connie wants to hire another bounty hunter. There's more to it, of course, but there is the gist.

As always there is humor, even laugh out loud moments. Consider the band rehearsal at Steph's parent's home with Grandma in tow. Consider the antics at the funeral parlor (once again with Grandma in the middle). But there is nicely developed tension as Evanovich develops the plot against Ranger. There is also neat investigative work. And there is a great cast of characters beyond the main group.

All in all, it was an entertaining, sexy and action packed story. So there is an element of predictability, but this predictability holds the story together while the rest is developed. You will always be entertained and Twelve was one of the more entertaining ones. (4 stars)

Another very funny adventure with Stephanie, Grandma Mazur, Lula & the rest of the gang.

This book is atrocious. After I finished the Stieg Larsson trilogy, someone (no names) handed me this and said I'd like it. Um, try again.

I know this is a popular series, but I was bored. I don't really like Plum or the other characters in the book. They just seemed more like caricatures rather than fleshed out people I could care about. I've tried other books in the series and got pretty much the same result.

I'm glad I got the book at a used book sale for $1.

Stephanie Plum is at it again. This time there is a "fake" Ranger and he is causing all kinds of trouble. That trouble is especially troublesome for Plum as she tries to catch this killer and she is being used as a way to get the criminal to try to get her. I did this on audiobook and the cool thing was at the end, there is an interview with the Narrator talking and asking questions of Evanovich.