"Wild" Bill Barnaby's dropped off the face of the earth and big sister Alex heads for Miami, Bill's last known sighting, on a harrowing hunt to save her brother ...and maybe the world. Truth is, Alex has been bailing her brother out of trouble since they were kids. Not that Bill's a bad sort. More that he acts first and thinks later. Unfortunately, this time around "Wild" Bill will be "Dead" Bill if Alex doesn't find him in time.
Alex blasts through the bars of South Beach and points her search south to Key West and Cuba, laying waste to Miami hit men, dodging Palmetto bugs big enough to eat her alive and going pedal to the metal with NASCAR driver Sam Hooker.
Engaged in a deadly race, Wild Bill's "borrowed" Hooker's sixty-five foot Hatteras and sailed off into the sunset ...just when Hooker has plans for the boat. Hooker figures he'll attach himself to Alex and maybe run into scumbag Bill. And maybe Hooker'll get lucky in love with Bill's sweetie pie sister. After all, Hooker is NASCAR Guy. And NASCAR Guy is good at revving a woman's engine.
The race to the finish is hot and hard, taking Alex and Hooker into international waters, exposing a plot to grab Cuban gold and a sinister relic of the Cuban missile crises.
Margaret S. (morgan2010) from GLENVIEW, IL wrote on 4/10/2007...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a high-octane misadventure with hot nights, high stakes, cold-blooded murder, and NASCA Guy. That about covers what a good novel needs. I've got the book, you add the chocolates and comfortaqble chair.
Anne J. (amjones1) from STOUGHTON, WI wrote on 5/12/2007...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Wonderful first book in Janet's New series. Stars a great new female lead, a NASCAR driver, and the usual cast of wild characters. Very funny.
Toni C. (oneperkychick) from CARROLLTON, TX wrote on 4/8/2007...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
another great Evanovich book, made me crack up out loud several times
Kristin C. (mrscrodian) from RIVERVIEW, FL wrote on 6/25/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I wasn't that crazy about this book. I like the Plum series much better.
Marlene W. (KansasSunflower) from OVERLAND PARK, KS wrote on 6/14/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I was very disappointed with this book. I love her Stephanie Plum series, but this did not live up to my expectations.
Jerrilynn L. (jerrilynnl) from BROOMFIELD, CO wrote on 4/15/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Quick read and enjoyable.
Alice K. (ilflatlander) from HEBRON, IL wrote on 3/25/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A fast, good, interesting read. I loved it!
Sandra B. (SandraB) from PITTSTOWN, NJ wrote on 3/20/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Excellent, told in first-person, alot like Stephanie Plum! Interesting that she is continuing the Sam Hooker character from her other book.
Nancy M. (imnellen) from MINETTO, NY wrote on 3/7/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Another fun fast paced book from Janet Evanovich! I enjoy NASCAR so that added to the fun, but even if you aren't a fan it is a great read!
I love that her books are funny!
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Jewel C. from PEORIA, AZ wrote on 10/26/2008...
Full of adventure
Judy B. (jdyinva) from VIRGINIA BCH, VA wrote on 7/9/2008...
Too funny, and sexy, and interesting from cover to cover. Loved the characters. Another Evanovich hit!
I don't know why I waited so long to get on the Alex Barnaby bandwagon--Janet Evanovich is witty and now I understand the hype! This is the start of a to-die-for series! Great characterization, fun innuendos, fast pace...this was a read-in-a-single day, couldn't put it down, romp through Florida that immediately made me want to pick up the sequel.
Michelle D. (Nebraskaparkfan) from DAKOTA CITY, NE wrote on 2/21/2007...
awesome!
Toni P. (MerAnt88) from EAST HAVEN, CT wrote on 2/14/2007...
Cute book,it was snowing out so finished real quick love her writing.
Kim H. (kimirn84) from SAINT LOUIS, MO wrote on 2/7/2007...
Evanovich is just a wonderful author. You laugh out loud and she keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Terry T. from HATFIELD, AR wrote on 1/28/2007...
Good read
Tammy P. (bookluver-in-sc) from LANDRUM, SC wrote on 1/24/2007...
The first in Evanovich's new series. A great read.
Jennifer K. (klockster69) from OSWEGO, NY wrote on 1/11/2007...
I thought this was just as good as the Plum series some laugh out loud moments, a cute book.