Smokin’ Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum Novel

In Evanovich’s 17th installment in the Stephanie Plum series, everyone’s favorite bumbling bounty hunter is still torn between the two men in her life—security expert Ranger and tough guy cop Joe Morelli—and still watching bodies pile up around her. With family members attempting to play matchmaker and a serial killer dumping bodies all over Plum’s stomping grounds, little has changed in dark and seedy New Jersey. Lorelei King—a veteran Evanovich narrator—slips back into the series and voices Plum with the greatest of ease, clearly enjoying herself from beginning to end. Her narration is effortless yet highly nuanced, funny, and entertaining. King produces a range of unique voices for the book’s many characters and offers up a winning performance that will delight Evanovich fans. A Bantam hardcover. (June)