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Takedown Twenty - Janet Evanovich

Product Description(Amazon)
New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum knows better than to mess with family. But when powerful mobster Salvatore “Uncle Sunny” Sunucchi goes on the lam in Trenton, it’s up to Stephanie to find him. Uncle Sunny is charged with murder for running over a guy (twice), and nobody wants to turn him in—not his poker buddies, not his bimbo girlfriend, not his two right-hand men, Shorty and Moe. Even Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, has skin in the game, because—just Stephanie’s luck—the godfather is his actual godfather. And while Morelli understands that the law is the law, his old-world grandmother, Bella, is doing everything she can to throw Stephanie off the trail.

It’s not just Uncle Sunny giving Stephanie the run-around. Security specialist Ranger needs her help to solve the bizarre death of a top client’s mother, a woman who happened to play bingo with Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur. Before Stephanie knows it, she’s working side by side with Ranger and Grandma at the senior center, trying to catch a killer on the loose—and the bingo balls are not rolling in their favor. 

With bullet holes in her car, henchmen on her tail, and a giraffe named Kevin running wild in the streets of Trenton, Stephanie will have to up her game for the ultimate takedown. 
Series: Stephanie Plum (Book 20) 
Paperback: 352 pages 
Publisher: Random House Large Print (November 19, 2013) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 9780385363174 
ISBN-13: 978-0385363174

MY THOUGHTS:  This book is the best, Comedy, Mystery and Romance all woven into the plot of the book.  Comedy: has to be Lula and the Giraffe, yes I said Giraffe.  Mystery: who's killing all the senior ladies and dumping them in a dumpster?? And of course Romance: Stephanie has 2 men who want her, one wants just sex and the other wants a longer lasting relationship.  What's a girl to do??  Really great book!  I give this book 5.....

This book is for 2 of reading challenges......
Library Love Challenge
Outdo Yourself Challenge

BOOK REPORT.......

Notorious Nineteen - Janet Evanovich

Product Description(Amazon)
After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie’s bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton’s premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it’s on Stephanie to track him down. Unfortunately, Cubbin has disappeared without a trace, a witness, or his money-hungry wife. Rumors are stirring that he must have had help with the daring escape . . . or that maybe he never made it out of his room alive. Since the hospital staff’s lips seem to be tighter than the security, and it’s hard for Stephanie to blend in to assisted living, Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur goes in undercover. But when a second felon goes missing from the same hospital, Stephanie is forced into working side by side with Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, in order to crack the case.

The real problem is, no Cubbin also means no way to pay the rent. Desperate for money—or maybe just desperate—Stephanie accepts a secondary job guarding her secretive and mouthwatering mentor Ranger from a deadly Special Forces adversary. While Stephanie is notorious for finding trouble, she may have found a little more than she bargained for this time around. Then again—a little food poisoning, some threatening notes, and a bridesmaid’s dress with an excess of taffeta never killed anyone . . . or did they? If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck, she’ll have to remember: No guts, no glory. 
Series: Stephanie Plum (Book 19) 
Hardcover: 320 pages 
Publisher: Bantam Books; 1st edition (November 20, 2012) 
Language: English 
ISBN-10: 9780345527745 
ISBN-13: 978-0345527745

 Even though this is the 19th book in the series, it's just a good as the first one.  I've been trying to read the series for years.  I'm going to get it finished this year!  This time Stephanie and Lula are after a guy that has mysteriously disappeared.  No one saw him leave the hospital and he hasn't been seen since.  Stephanie is also helping out Ranger with a case.  Someone is killing Ranger's old army buddies off.  So Stephanie is going to a wedding.  The person killing all the buddies are also killing off anyone associated with them.  So Stephanie is in the line of fire.  Does Stephanie catch Cubbin?  Does Ranger catch the guy after him?  I give this book 4.......

 This book is for 2 of my reading challenges.......
Library Love Challenge
Outdo Yourself Challenge