Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich

Posted February 26, 2022 by BaronessMom in Mystery, Review, Romance, Series / 0 Comments

Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich

Look Alive Twenty-Five

by Janet Evanovich
five-stars
Series: Stephanie Plum #25
Series Rating: five-stars
Published by Putnam Pub Group on November 13, 2018
Genres: Humorous Action and Adventure Mystery
Pages: 311
Format: Hardcover
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Also in this series: Takedown Twenty, Top Secret Twenty-One, Tricky Twenty-Two, Turbo Twenty-Three, Hardcore Twenty-Four, Twisted Twenty-Six, Fortune and Glory, Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight, Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine

Stephanie Plum faces the toughest puzzle of her career in the twenty-fifth entry in Janet Evanovich's #1 New York Times bestselling series.
There's nothing like a good deli and the Red River Deli in Trenton is one of the best. World famous for its pastrami, cole slaw and for its disappearing managers. Over the last month, three have vanished from the face of the earth, the only clue in each case is one shoe that's been left behind. The police are baffled. Lula is convinced that it's a case of alien abduction. Whatever it is, they'd better figure out what's going on before they lose their new manager, Ms. Stephanie Plum.

Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich is funny from the start. Even the kidnappings have a hint of humor.

Will Stephanie find the kidnapped men before it’s too late?

Stephanie Plum

Stephanie only has three skips to find in this installment. But she is also managing a deli for Vinnie and Harry. Managing the deli is supposed to be part-time, and Lula is the assistant manager. Has Vinnie completely lost it? The dynamics of Stephanie’s world is hilarious. I love how she doesn’t even question the craziness anymore; she rolls with it. Stephaine seems to be looking for normal, yet normal never comes knocking. She doesn’t even look for the trouble, but she seems to step in it continually.

Will Stephanie ever choose between Morelli and Ranger? I don’t see it happening, but you never know what will happen in the burg.

Lula

Seriously, Lula is crazy. I love her outrageous outfits, hair, and attitude. She rocks what is thrown at her too. You need to make sure that her blood sugar isn’t too low because she is even more out there. I love how she tries to be optimistic about everything, even when it is genuinely not possible. I laugh the hardest when she goes off on a rant about anything.

Five Stars

I love the fantastic world that Ms. Evanovich has created. It has everything, fabulous characters, hilarious scenes, pure craziness. I love it all. My rating for Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich is five stars. I recommend this series. If you haven’t already picked up a book, grab any of them, and a promise you will laugh. Stephanie, along with her family and friends, are hilarious.

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Check out the interview with Janet Evanovich from a few years ago HERE.

Thank you for dropping by! I hope you enjoyed this review of Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich.

Until the next time,

Jen Signature for BBT

 

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About Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich

Janet’s Bio (quoted from her website)

When I was a kid I spent a lot of time in LaLa Land. La la Land is like an out-of-body experience –while your mouth is eating lunch your mind is conversing with Captain Kirk. Sometimes I’d pretend to sing opera. My mother would send me to the grocery store down the street, and off I’d go, caterwauling at the top of my lungs. Before the opera thing I went through a horse stage where I galloped everywhere and made holes in my Aunt Lena’s lawn with my hooves. Aunt Lena was a good egg. She understood that the realities of daily existence were lost in the shadows of my looney imagination.After graduation from South River High School, I spent four years in the Douglass College art department, honing my ability to wear torn Levis, learning to transfer cerebral excitement to primed canvas. Painting beat the heck out of digging holes in lawns, but it never felt exactly right. It was frustrating at best, excruciating at worst. My audience was too small. Communication was too obscure. I developed a rash from pigment.

Somewhere down the line I started writing stories. The first story was about the pornographic adventures of a fairy who lived in a second rate fairy forest in Pennsylvania. The second story was about …well never mind, you get the picture.

I sent my weird stories out to editors and agents and collected rejection letters in a big cardboard box. When the box was full I burned the whole damn thing, crammed myself into pantyhose and went to work for a temp agency.

Four months into my less than stellar secretarial career, I got a call from an editor offering to buy my last mailed (and heretofore forgotten) manuscript. It was a romance written for the now defunct Second Chance at Love line, and I was paid a staggering $2,000.

With my head reeling from all this money, I plunged into writing romance novels full time, saying good-by, good riddance to pantyhose and office politics. I wrote series romance for the next five years, mostly for Bantam Loveswept. It was a rewarding experience, but after twelve romance novels I ran out of sexual positions and decided to move into the mystery genre.

I spent two years retooling –drinking beer with law enforcement types, learning to shoot, practicing cussing. At the end of those years I created Stephanie Plum. I wouldn’t go so far as to say Stephanie is an autobiographical character, but I will admit to knowing where she lives.

It turns out I’m a really boring workaholic with no hobbies or special interests. My favorite exercise is shopping and my drug of choice is Cheeze Doodles.

I read comic books and I only watch happy movies. I motivate myself to write by spending my money before I make it. And when I grow up I want to be just like Grandma Mazur.

Reading this book contributed to these challenges:

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