Working for her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, Stephanie is hot on the trail of revenge-seeking waitress Maxine Nowicki, whose crimes include bail jumping, theft, and extortion. Someone is terrifying Maxine's friends, and those who have seen her are turning up dead. Also on the hunt for Maxine is Joyce Barnhardt, Stephanie's archenemy and rival bounty hunter. Stephanie's attitude never wavers - even when aided by Grandma Mazur, ex-hooker and wannabe bounty hunter Lula, and transvestite rock musician Sally Sweet - and even when Stephanie makes an enemy whose deadly tactics escalate from threatening messages to firebombs. All of this pales in comparison, though, with an even greater danger Stephanie faces, when, homeless and broke, she and her hamster Rex move in with vice cop Joe Morelli.
RATED PG35 for licentious wit and libidinous cohabitation.
This is one of the best of the series so far. If you like mysteries and love to laugh, Stephanie Plum mysteries are sure to please!
Shannon J. (Sjordan) from CLARK, NJ wrote on 8/22/2008...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Stephanie Plum is one crazy lady. This series will make you laugh and cry. Once you begin reading this series you will NEVER want to stop. I got my mom and all her friends reading the series. Evanovich really incorporates all the important elements in her writing. So be ready to fall in love with Stephanie and friends, its definately worth it.
Teresa S. (texasgranny) from MCQUEENEY, TX wrote on 10/11/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Evanovich has done it again....this one is full of the same wit and grit as the previous 3......can't wait to read #5.
Ruffin G. (Ruffin3) from LAKELAND, FL wrote on 5/30/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
As usual a host of Wacky Characters, this book adds Sally Sweet, a disfunctional lot but all very enjoyable. The villians in her story usually end up being sort of creepy and this one is no different in my opinion. For me the Stephanie Plum novels never seem to drag they're always on the move.
Shirley J. (NoShushing) from SHILOH, IL wrote on 3/13/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Hilarious! I don't know how Evanovich thinks up this stuff. If you have read the first three books in this series, you know that Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter. This time she has the "help" of her 73-year-old grandmother, an ex-hooker named Lula, and a transvestite musician named Sally Sweet, all toting guns. Then there's the cop Joe Morelli. With all the mishaps, including murders, firebombs, and her rival bounty hunter chasing the same fugitive, Stephanie had better watch her back.
Janis K. (scrapbooklady) from PLYMOUTH, MI wrote on 4/8/2008...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
"Four to Score" is fast-paced and funny. In this book, Stephanie is trying to collar a waitress who jumped bail after she was arrested for stealing her boyfriend's car. Sounds simple? Not in Stephanie's world! She finds herself in all kinds of trouble, and without a car and a home because of fallout from this case. But in true Stephanie form, she seems to come out on top. She meets a new friend - a six foot four inch drag queen called Sally Sweet and she actually takes her so-called relationship with Morelli to another level. Enjoyable read
Graham G. (Foucault) from EDISON, NJ wrote on 9/2/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
It's a good one! Evanovich is enlarging her cast of characters. Now we have Sally Sweet, a hilarious (and very manly) cross-dressing member of a rock band, and Joyce Barnhardt, who was introduced in earlier books as having been caught by Stephanie in flagrante delicto with her then husband, and who is now working for the same bail bondsman. Joyce is determined to beat Stephanie at her own game, and keeps turning up at the worst possible moments. And the old favorites, such as Lula the ex-hooker, Grandma Mazur and Ranger are all here.
As in earlier books, Stephanie is being hounded by maniac; this time a jealous molotov cocktail hurling love-rival. And, with her apartment gutted by fire from one attack, she's forced to stay with love-interest Joe Morelli, making for some serious sexual tension.
A special mention must be made of an outstandingly funny "undercover operation" in an Atlantic City casino.
Despite the hilarity, there's also a pretty good whodunnit that'll keep you guessing.
Charles T. from BLACKWOOD, NJ wrote on 7/20/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Don't read this book unless you have time on your hands. Once I pick one of these up I'm glued till I'm done. They are so great, there is no putting it down and coming back later!
Freda L. (MomCat) from ALLEN, TX wrote on 7/14/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I love her books, each one takes you on a new twist and a turn with lots humor along the way. Light reading sure to lift your spirits! You read one you want to read another. Stephanie Plum's life is a hoot as a bounty hunter, along with her crazy Grandmother and her friend Lula. She has two love interest along the way as well. A little hot and steamy never hurt anyone, righttttttt!! lol
Esther T. (legs) from BENSON, AZ wrote on 1/23/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I don't usually like humor with mysteries, but Plum is hilarious while still maintaining the serious mystery
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Jewel C. from PEORIA, AZ wrote on 10/26/2008...
Hot guys,adventures, & laughs. I love this books series.
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