The Bounty
by Janet Evanovich
Series: Fox and O’Hare #7
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Published by Atria Books on March 23, 2021
Genres: Humorous Action and Adventure Mystery
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Also in this series: Pros and Cons, The Chase, The Job, The Scam, The Pursuit, The Big Kahuna
FBI agent Kate O’Hare and charming con man Nick Fox race against time to uncover a buried train filled with Nazi gold.
Straight as an arrow special agent Kate O’Hare and international con man Nick Fox have brought down some of the biggest criminals out there. But now they face their most dangerous foe yet—a vast, shadowy international organization known only as the Brotherhood.
Directly descended from the Vatican Bank priests who served Hitler during World War II, the Brotherhood is on a frantic search for a lost train loaded with $30 billion in Nazi gold, untouched for over seventy-five years somewhere in the mountains of Eastern Europe.
Kate and Nick know that there is only one man who can find the fortune and bring down the Brotherhood—the same man who taught Nick everything he knows—his father, Quentin. As the stakes get higher, they must also rely on Kate’s own father, Jake, who shares his daughter’s grit and stubbornness. Too bad they can never agree on anything.
From a remote monastery in the Swiss Alps to the lawless desert of the Western Sahara, Kate, Nick, and the two men who made them who they are today must crisscross the world in a desperate scramble to stop their deadliest foe in the biggest adventure of their lives.
It’s time to join Kate and Nick on their next adventure in The Bounty by Janet Evanovich. I have to say that this one is actually pretty great.
Can Kate and Nick find the Nazi Gold Train before the Brotherhood does?
Kate and Nick are helping the Vatican police to catch a thief stealing what they think the thief is after. Except it doesn’t work the way that they think it should. The thief is none other than Quentin Fox, who then gets Nick to help him out—eventually leading Kate and Jake to help them out. It’s a race against time for these four people to beat the Brotherhood in finding the treasure. Granted, the Brotherhood has been one step ahead of them this whole time, which irks the four of them.
I loved seeing Quentin and his relationship with Nick and how that differs from Kate’s relationship with her father. The four of them as a team worked well as they all brought something valuable to the team in getting to the treasure.
The Story
We follow Kate, Nick, Quentin, and Jake around the Allied countries, following clues leading them to Nazi gold hidden for seventy-five years. Along the way, the four of them are dodging not only the cops but also the Brotherhood to get to the legendary Nazi gold train. I was swept up in the chase to find the gold, each clue, and all the places they visited. Ms. Evanovich and her partner in writing have done a fabulous job of describing all the sites and bringing us the characters on this chase. I felt like I was there with the characters experiencing everything.
Five Stars
The Bounty by Janet Evanovich has found a new partner in Steve Hamilton for writing this awesome duo. It reminded me of how it was back when she wrote with Mr. Lee Golderg. Granted, it wasn’t quite as good as the original ones, but it’s good. I loved every minute of being in this book that I had to stay up to finish as I couldn’t put it down once I started to read. Another thing that I liked is the multiple references to The Wizard of Oz throughout the book, as it made it even funnier in the places where she put them.
I am giving The Bounty by Janet Evanovich five stars and a recommendation to anyone that loves a funny mystery. Well, not just this book but the whole series. It is a great one by Ms. Evanovich.
Fox and O’Hare
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About 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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