Evanovich is finally back on track!

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	• Twelve Sharp (Stephanie Plum, No. 12) Janet Evanovich St. Martin's Press, 2007 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 405 reviews view larger image
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Twelve Sharp is Excellent!

There was a lapse of time between my reading Eleven on Top and Twelve Sharp, and boy did I miss Stephanie Plum! Twelve Sharp is funny and witty and just darn good reading. I didn't want to put it down once I got started. Janet Evanovich really outdid herself with Twelve Sharp. I can't wait to read Lean Mean Thirteen.

Inside a Bounty Hunter's Mind

Evanovich takes you inside the inner world of Stephanie Plum, lady bounty hunter with a license to thrill. Written in the style of Raymond Chandler's seedy Philip Marlowe detective novels, TWELVE SHARP, offers a 21st century twist on the classic thrillers of the 40s. The insightful first person writing style and perspective gives the reader an interesting look into an unusual world. One imagines a latter day Lauren Bacall playing the Stephanie Plum part in a motion picture.
Review by Robert Betancourt, author and screenwriter of Most Favored Nation

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Twelve Sharp

Twelve Sharp is the best of the Stephanie Plum series! I love this book. It has the most complex plot of any book in this series although it does contain some laugh out loud situations occasionally thrown in as little sub-plots.

This book is a real page turner! Ranger is the central character. When a Ranger wannabe decides to take on Ranger's life (literally)he begins with kidnapping Ranger's daughter (Julie). It becomes obvious that this impersonator plans to kill Ranger and take on his identity. When it appears Ranger has committed a murder, the police begin looking for him. Ranger must go into hiding in order to find the killer and rescue his daughter. This time Ranger turns to Stephanie Plum for help. He is determined to flush the guy out before anyone else is killed.

As usual the chemistry is hot between Stephanie and Joe, and Stephanie and Ranger; Stephanie admits that she loves both men and can't make a decision on which to exclude from her attentions. Of course this debate is not new, its just getting more complicated as the series progresses.

A funny sub-plot unfolds as Grandma Mazur and Lula team up with Sally Sweet to form a punk rock band. They play gigs in local nursing homes and bowling allies. An impromptu appearance during the wake at the funeral parlor when the Ranger impersonator's first victim is "laid out" is particularly funny.

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Evanovich is finally back on track!

After muddling through the last several Stephanie Plum novels, most of which were mediocre at best, I was surprised and delighted at reading 'Twelve Sharp'. The author clearly went down to basics. Firstly, the plot itself is a simple mystery (a kidnapping) that is easy to comprehend. Secondly, the author draws out laughs by focusing on the more zany characters (Lula and Grandma). And the author toned down on the sexual exploits and desires of the central character (Stephanie Plum) and the two men in her life. Obviously the author has been listening to her fans, perhaps by reading [...] reviews! Yes Janet, you did good.

Bottom line: clearly the best Stephanie Plum novels. Recommended to both fans and Stephanie Plum neophytes alike.

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Sparks Review

We have read the whole numbers series (One through Twelve) and it is good reading, entertaining and we are awaiting book thirteen to come out in paperback (easier to hold while reading in bed).

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