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"Stephanie Plum and Grandma Mazur go after some really bad guys involved in a gun heist. The baddest is Joe Morelli's cousin. Best use of stun gun ever."
Christine G., Resident Scholar
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"In the second book in the Plum series, Stephanie is on the trail of Kenny Mancuso, an ex-soldier who accidentally shot his best friend - with an illegal, stolen gun. She's also looking for a few dozen missing coffins for a creepy funeral home owner. With Grandma Mazur in tow, Stephanie traipses from funeral home to funeral home, leaving wreckage and overturned corpses everywhere they go. Things get worse for Stephanie after Kenny starts to take things personally - then she starts finding body parts as well as whole corpses. And as if all that wasn't enough, her relationship with Joe Morelli isn't going any too well, mostly because he's once again withholding information from her. Funnier and lighter than the first book, this novel is where Evanovich hits her stride. "
Ivy, Resident Scholar
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"In this book, Stephanie Plum, the bounty hunter, has been given another arduous task by her boss, cousin Vinnie. She has to try and capture Kenny Mancuso, a boy from the working class burg of Trenton, New Jersey, who has just shot his best friend. Fresh out of the army, and suspiciously wealthy, Mancuso's also distantly related to Joe Morelli, a vice cop with questionable ethics, a libido in permanent overdrive, and he's also nosing in on Stephanie's investigations.
Aided by her tough bounty hunter pal, Ranger, and her eccentric Grandma Mazur, Stephanie is soon knee-deep in corpses, trying to shake Morelli. And she's also stirring up a very nasty enemy."
Boppy, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Time/era of story:
- 1980's-1999
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
General Crime (including known murderer)
Yes
Who's the criminal enemy here?
- finding a known killer
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- bounty hunter
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How much violence does he/she use?
- just the right amount
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Mid-Atlantic states
City?
Yes
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 1st
Sex
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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