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ISBN-13: 9780312966096 - ISBN-10: 0312966091 Publication Date: 1998 Pages: 344 |
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Book Reviews of Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, Bk 3)
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Graham G. (
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Finished this last night. I can't believe I almost didn't continue with the series, after not being overimpressed with One For the Money! Stephanie, Lula, Morelli, Ranger, and the rest of the stellar cast feel like old friends now.
I do love that Evanovich puts some running jokes throughout the books, such as Stephanie's car woes, and the indestructible Buick! I think that there were some running jokes with language in this one also. "Hunh" (used as an exclamation, question, and so on) was uttered by many characters (including Stephanie's Father) in this book. "Damned Skippy" was another one, usually from Lula.
Lula displayed a tender and caring side in this book, putting her friend and previously fellow hooker Jackie into rehab. I noticed a few exchanges between Stephanie and Lula that were really quite serious. This book wasn't all slapstick comedy. Even Stephanie's strange relationship with cop Joe Morelli has been tempered a little. Morelli seems to be getting frighteningly close to settling down.
I also appreciated that there was not an over-the-top dangerous psychopath throughout the book (as in the previous two books), although the "men in ski-masks" came close.
Wonderful!
Official Janet Evanovich website
Kim (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is the funniest Stephanie Plum novel yet. I can't recall the last time a book made me laugh out loud not once but many times. And I'd laugh later when I would remember a certain passage from the book. Stephanie is up to her chin in trouble again, and what a fun ride to be along on!
She's got a new sidekick in Lula, the ex-hooker turned file clerk, and their banter is one for the record books. There is less of Grandma Mazur in this one, but the few appearances she makes are gut busters! She's at her funniest when Ranger joins the Plums for dinner one night. Things are getting interesting with Morelli, too!
The ending to this one was a bit murky. I was following along fine until Stephanie got a good lead, but while it was hinted at and you know what the end result is, you never know what the whole story is or why the lightbulb went on and how she figured it out. A lot of the details seemed to be pared down in the last chapter and I would rather have read them than assume what was going on. But aside from that, it's another fun adventure with Trenton's sassiest bounty hunter.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Trenton, N.J., bounty hunter and former lingerie buyer Stephanie Plum (last seen in Two for the Dough) becomes persona non grata when she tracks down a neighborhood saint who has failed to show up for his court appearance. No one wants to help Stephanie, who works for her bail-bondsman cousin, Vinnie. While questioning admirers of the man nicknamed Uncle Mo, Stephanie is attacked and knocked out as she cases his candy store. She comes to next to the dead body of her attacker, who turns out to be a well-known drug dealer. Suddenly, she can't avoid stumbling across the bodies of dead drug dealers: one in a dumpster, one in a closet and four in the candy store basement. Stephanie suspects that mild-mannered Mo has become a vigilante and is cleaning up the streets in a one-man killing spree. But when she's repeatedly threatened by men wearing ski masks, she wonders if Mo has company and just might be in over his head. Despite her new clownish orange hair job, Stephanie muddles through another case full of snappy one-liners as well as corpses. By turns buttressed and hobbled by her charmingly clueless family and various cohorts (including streetwise co-worker Lulu, detective and heartthrob Morelli and professional bounty hunter Ranger), the redoubtable Stephanie is a character crying out for a screen debut.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is the 3rd in the series with Stephanie Plum, the inept bounty hunter, her two love interests - Joe and Ranger - and her eccentric family, including the infamous Grandma Mazur. Great reading and a surefire belly laugh in several places.
Marianne S. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Another good one, less Gramda Mazur, wish there was more, but the action keeps on coming and the humor is still there. I cannot imagine that there are so many of these books, seems like a sleepy town for so much action, but I guess that is why it is fiction! Get into the series, you will never get out, but you will love it all the same.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Third in the Stephanie Plum series. As usual, Stephanie gets in over her head when she tries to track down Mo Bedemeir, the beloved owner of the local candy store, who has gone AWOL on his bond and a no-show for his court date. People keep ending up dead and Stephanie always seems to be on the scene when it happens. If you enjoy a quick and entertaining read, you'll enjoy this series.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Stephanie Plum, that sexy, sassy bounty hunter from Trenton, returns in this book to join forces with Lula, a former "ho" turned file clerk, to search for beloved ice cream store owner Mo Bedemier, who has been accused of carrying concealed. When Stephanie gets knocked out and wakes up next to a very dead guy who is in violation of a bond agreement for Stephanie's cousin and employer, VincentPlum, Stephanie looks bad in the "homicide motive" department. Head homicide investigator Joe Morelli wants Stephanie for questioning--and maybe more. This book is fast, it's funny, it's fabulous entertainment.
It will keep you laughing and reading!!!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I love every Stephanie Plum book I've read just because they're colorful, wacky and fun.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
this woman cracks me up! her books are hilarious. i think these are good 'airplane reads'. make flights go by faster!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Stephanie Plus is a delightful character, and seems so real at times. Ms. Evanovich is able to craft terrific tale and these are some of the best crime novels that have been written recently.
Jackie H. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I throughly enjoyed this book! I love Stephanie Plum and her family. Hilarious all the way to the end!
Laugh out loud hilarity! I love Stephanie Plum and I can't wait to read the rest in the series.
Amanda B. (Book 3 and Stephanie still has me busting out laughing. Her and her grandmother are the funniest people ever without even knowing it. They are so crazy, and kooky. I love them. I also love the back and forth banter between Stephanie and Morrelli, and Stephanie and Ranger. These books are so funny.
Tamara A. (This book was was so funny. Evanovich makes me smile every time I pick up her books. Hats off to her for a great series of books.
"It was okay that he took his teeth out, but I didn't want to see that eye rolling around next to his soup spoon."
Really, what else needs to be said?
This series is "laugh out loud" funny. I had to look up on the internet what a 1952 powder blue Buick looked like and I found a picture! Grandma Mazur is the best character in this series and Evanovich just keeps getting better right along. I am always looking forward to her next book and am eager to find out what Stephanie Plum is up to! A good read, for sure, that lightens your spirits!
Donna C. (
Louella G. (
A. J. C. (This is a fun read. The author provides great detail and creativity in developing the characters. I love escaping to the world of Stephanie Plum.
Janis K. (As usual, Stephanie Plum is way over her head. Untrained, uncoordinated, dysfunctional and disorganized, she is the world's most unlikely bounty hunter.
This time her assignment is simply to track down the town saint, a well-loved candy man with a devoted following. Suddenly people are shooting at her, drug dealers are turning up dead and her new sidekick is a former hooker with an attitude and a craving for action, at least until it becomes too dangerous.
Acknowledging her limitations, she calls on professional bounty hunter Ranger and police detective Morelli, her primary romantic weakness.
After all the expected and unexpected twists and turns, this turns out to be a wildly funny and entertaining read.
Heather G. (This was the best one yet! The first two Plum books were good, but this one was great. I was constantly laughing out loud.... Lula's character gets further developed in this book and the funniest out of the bunch.
Joni Z. (Another terrific story in the Stephanie Plum series. The humor is great, the action is real, and the characters grab your heart - they feel like old comfortable friends.
Stephanie Plum continues to learn the business of 'bailbondswoman' and get herself into messes. I love this series. You will too! Humor, excitement, family problems. . . just like real life.
Kristine W. (Another great story in the Plum series! This time Stephanie gets herself in a whole lot more trouble than she ever expected! Exciting, funny, and this time the ending is very interesting, sort of a 'to be continued' and leaves you hanging and wanting more!
Teresa S. (
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Lori V. (Great Book! I read it in one evening. Things are still getting hotter with Joe!!!
Can not wait to get to #4
Great author. Love this series. I have read all and enjoyed each one.
PATTIE H. (Another great Stephanie Plum novel. Just as good as the first two.
Kim T. (Janet Evanovich is what she is. You either love her and her character, Stephanie Plum or hat them both. She has plenty of follower which is why she is up to number 10 or 11.
Another hilarious Stephanie Plum book. Janet Evanovich's series is suspenseful and funny. Great read!
Great book--I'm firmly hooked on this series and am posting books as I finish them so that I can earn credits to get more.
Liked it better then the first two, I am addicted to Stephanie Plum.
Good book, just discovered this author, now I'm ready for Four to score. Easy read.
Pamela T. (I love this series - you can read out of order (I started with 11 and then went back through)
Susan B. (I love these books and following the antics of Stephanie Plum!
I resisted the Evanovich series thinking it was silly. Instead I found the characters to be realistic & likable but the books are still suspenseful & interesting. I will be reading the rest of the series, I'm hooked!
The third romp in the Stephanie Plum -- Bounty Hunter Extraordinaire series by Janet Evanovich finds Stephanie living on the edge of danger...this time to her own life. I love these books! Just wanted to share them with others, too.
Very Funny read. Stephanie Plum And her Grandmother will keep you laughing.
Another great book in the Plum series, this one is laugh out loud funny. Good book.
A saintly old candy-store owner is on the lam and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is on the case. As her body count rises, Stephanie finds herself dealing with dead drug dealers and slippery fugitives on the chase of her life.
Janet Evanovich's screwball thrillers offer up a wonderful heroine. Many laughs..always picks just the right detail and makes "the burg" come alive.
Fast-paced and funny.
Different cover.
As always...excellent entertainment! I'm reading them all!
Another one in the Stephanie Plum series. A great read and very funny in parts.
This is another in the line of Stephanie Plum mysteries. It is a load of fun!! If you've read any of her others, you'll enjoy this one.
This is a wonderful series, funny, sometime laugh out loud funny. I have enjoyed every one in this series. However, my book has a different cover.
Shana reviewed on 11/27/2006...There were some very funny parts. I figured I would give this series a try since I've heard so many wonderful things about it. I think the books are okay and have some great laughs, but I most likely won't continue with this series.
SHANNON R. (Fantastic book - the Stephanie Plum series is wonderful. Funny and refreshing - you won't be dissapointed.
So many twists in this one, I never guessed who done it! Couldn't put this book down.
Mary O. (Another good Stephanie Plum bounty hunter mystery.
Stephanie gets into some more crazy situations. This book has everything, humor, suspense, and an easy read.
Marie N. (love evanovich - very funny characters and situations - picture Sandra Bullock as Stephanie Plum and it gets even funnier!
Stephanie is after Uncle Mo, a beloved figure in the community that every one feels can do no wrong. Drug dealers are turning up dead all over town and Stephanie thinks Uncle Mo might be involved. Another good Plum novel that I read in 2 nights. The ending felt a little off because the author kept us in the dark a little too long about some of the details. Overall, though, quite enjoyable and a fast read.
A fun and easy read starring a fun cast of female characters. Grandma is a hoot.
Each subsequent Stephanie Plum, the bounty hunter gets better.
Dorri F. New York Times best selling author.
Third in series of Bounty Hunter, Stephanie Plum novels.
A saintly old candy-store owner is on the lam-& bounty hunter extraordinaire Stephanie Plum is on the case. Stephanie finds herself dealing with dead drug dealers and slippery fugitives on the chase of her life. And with the help of eccentric friends and family, Steph must see to it that this case does not become her last..............I love Janet Evanovich humor and phraseology!
No 3 in the series. More laughs while Stephanie learns more technics for tracking down the criminals running from the law.
Pamela G. (Delightful! A great story and lots of fun. You'll laugh out loud and cheer Stephanie on. Can't wait to read #4!
Stephanie and Lula team up. One of the best Plum books.
Jennie B. (Another great read. These are truly original mysteries with laugh out loud humor and likeable characters. A winner!
Stephanie Plum's witty and entertaining series of misadventures continues. She's getting serious about being a bounty hunter now as she goes after one of the most lovable characters in the burg.
It's not often that I can say I really laughed out loud reading a book, but with this one I did on more than one occasion. Go Lula!
A saintly old candy store owner is on the lam - and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is on the case. As the body count rises, Steph finds herself dealing with dead drug dealers and slippery fugitives on the chase of her life.
My favorite of the series, so far. I laughed out loud so many times, I lost count.
Trenton, N.J., bounty hunter and former lingerie buyer Stephanie Plum becomes persona non grata when she tracks down a neighborhood saint who has failed to show up for his court appearance. No one wants to help Stephanie, who works for her bail-bondsman cousin, Vinnie. While questioning admirers of the man nicknamed Uncle Mo, Stephanie is attacked and knocked out as she cases his candy store. She comes to next to the dead body of her attacker, who turns out to be a well-known drug dealer. Suddenly, she can't avoid stumbling across the bodies of dead drug dealers: one in a dumpster, one in a closet and four in the candy store basement. Stephanie suspects that mild-mannered Mo has become a vigilante and is cleaning up the streets in a one-man killing spree. But when she's repeatedly threatened by men wearing ski masks, she wonders if Mo has company and just might be in over his head. Despite her new clownish orange hair job, Stephanie muddles through another case full of snappy one-liners as well as corpses. By turns buttressed and hobbled by her charmingly clueless family and various cohorts (including streetwise co-worker Lulu, detective and heartthrob Morelli and professional bounty hunter Ranger), the redoubtable Stephanie is a character crying out for a screen debut.
Awesome!! Another great adventure of Stepanie Plum! Order the rest right now or get on waitlist because you will be addicted!
This book is highly entertaining as are all the Stephanie Plum series!
One of the great Stephanie Plum series. I think that this is one of the funniest.
Christy L. (Another great read by Janet Evanovich - each book just keeps getting better and better. A lot more intense as each book goes on - keeps the reader involved that's for sure! :)
Lenora O. (Yet another vehicle gone in a puff. Will Morelli & Stephanie ever get together?
Robin L. (I am LOVING this series!!! I LOL every time I read one of these books! A great easy read!
A Stephanie Plum novel. A quick read!
A "saintly" old candy-store owner is on the lam---and bounty hunter estraordinaire is on the case! As they body count rises, Stephanie finds herself ealing with dead drug dealers and slippery fugitives on the chase of her life. And with the help of eccentric friends and family, Stephanie must see to it that this case doesn't end up being her last. Gotta love LuLu and Gramdma Mazur. Hilariously funny!
Another great Stephanie Plum book!! I really enjoyed reading it.
Another great Stephanie Plum book. She really gets herself into a big mess in this one. There is also some romance involved in this one, which makes it even better.
Carla H. (funny and often times laugh out loud chic mystery. quick read.
Erica Cashion - Southaven, MS reviewed on 4/28/2006...You just can't get enough of Stephanie Plum. But I definitely recommend starting with One for the Money and working your way up. If you start in the middle of the series, you may not understand the characters as well.
A "saintly"old candy-store owner is on the lam--and bounty hunter extraordinaire Stephanie Plum is on the case. As the body count rises, Stephanie finds herself dealing with dead drug dealers and slippery fugitives on the chase of her life. And with the help of eccentric friends and family, Steph must see to it that this case doesn't being her last...
Stephanie Plum keeps finding bodies while she is trying to find one of her fail to appears. I like the character and especially her family and friends. They are hilariously disfunctional.Very good book
Ann (Some of the best mental candy I've come across in a while. Even though I know she's blonde, I always end up with Marissa Tomei from "My Cousin Vinnie" as my mental image of Stephanie Plum. Fun to read and wonderful relaxation!
Funny. I love these books. They make you laugh out loud.
What can I say, it's Stephanie Plum. Hectic but amusing!
Another great book of the Stephanie Plum series. They just keep getting better and better.
Cherie (Another quick and funny read by Evanovich in the Stephanie Plum series. Though I still think, maybe moreso in this book than the previous two, that Stephanie is such an idiot at times and more than half the trouble she gets into is of her own making. Nonetheless, she's still pretty funny, and the stuff she gets into while on the hunt for Uncle Mo, along with Lula and Morelli, brought a chuckle more than once. I'd so like to see Stephanie wind up with Morelli eventually, and there were hints of this coming in this book. :)
the more i read tis series the more i love it. can hardly wait t read the next one
Diane G. (Another good story of Stephanie Plum and looking for her bounty. Good fast read!
Tracy S. (The Stephanie Plum series is one of my favorites. All the books in this series are excellent, fun reads.
This book reads just as fast paced and funny as we've come to expect from Janet Evanovich.
I just love this series. Finally a character who isn't so serious!
Another suspenseful novel. I enjoy the familiar characters in her novels.
The tired book in the terrific Stephanie Plum, Bounty hunter extraordinaire (in messing up her captures and her personal life). This involves a evil candy store owner and a mortician. It is a hoot from the first to the last page.
Great book. Read in 3 nights. She's coming into her character with this one.
Great read! Must read the whole series, they keep you laughing and with your nose deep in the book trying to figure out the ending.
The best one yet!! Stephanie Plum is at it again. And with each dead body, you can't help but laugh out loud as she stumbles around death threats, drug dealers, bullets, and death threats. Who would have thought Uncle Mo, the burb's outstanding citizen and icecream man could be so much trouble?
And if that's not enough for you, let me tell you about the flavors of the month... Yummy bad ass Ranger is as mysterous as ever, And lickable Morelli is still melt in your mouth hmmmm mmmm good!
Another great Stephanie Plum novel! As always, Evanovivh leaves you wanting for more. Hilarious!
As always Stephanie Plum's escapades will keep you laughing start to finish!
Evanovich has a wonderful style of writing a good story that is entertaining and humerous. I couldn't put it down. Read the whole book in one sitting, laughing all the way through at Lulu's antics and Stephanie's predicaments.
Just as thrilling, hysterical and irresistable as the first two in the the series!
I loved this book. Of the three Plum books this one is the funniest so far. I LOL so much! The relationships between the characters really grow in this book. Ranger is around more, Morelli *really* gets in on the "action" and Lula is just too much! GREAT FUN, quick read.
One of the many adventures of Stephanie Plum, a New Jersey bounty hunter (by default). Lots of excitement, laughter and even some highly charged moments. A terrific series of books!
This one was funnier then One or Two - I am fond of black comedy and with the dead bodies showing up everywhere, this book had me laughing. When Lulu and Stephanie had to transport the body they encountered with the windshield of thier car, I giggled through several pages of the hilarious chain of events before the stiff was turned over to the authorities.. I had a hard time taking it seriously as a murder mystery though, you must really suspend disbelief to go along with some of it. Very enjoyable read!
Suzanne H. (These books will make you laugh out load. Funny, sexy, and with a mystery to underpin the fun.
Hayley M. (If you like Evanovich and Stephanie Plum novels, you'll like this one too!
Alexa A. (Purchased from my local Library's Books for a Dime shelf, thinking that this would be an in-demand book for trading! Registered with BookCrossing.com.
This series is my favorite of this genre. Funny Jersey Girl!
Another in the Stephanie Plum series, as funny as the rest of them. A good light read, perfect for a long plane trip or as a beach book.
The THIRD book in the series featuring Stephanie Plum who is a bounty hunter in Trenton, New Jersey.
Funny third in the series of novels featuring Vegas bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. Truly original.
A "saintly" old candy-store owner is on the lam -- and bounty hunter extraordinaire Stephanie Plum is on the case. As the body count rises, Stephanie finds herself dealing with dead drug dealers and slippery fugitives on the chase of her life. And with the help of eccentric friends and family, Steph must see to it that this case doesn't end up being her last.
Stephanie Plum, the brassy babe in the powder blue Buick, is back, and she's having a bad hair day - for the whole month of January. She's been given the unpopular task of finding Mo Bedemier Trenton's most beloved citizen, arrested for carrying concealed, gone no-show for his court appearance. And to make matters worse, she's got Lula, a former hooker turned file clerk - now a wannabe bounty hunter - at her side, sticking like glue. Lula's big and blonde and black, and itching to get the chance to lock up a crook in the trunk of her car. Morelli, the New Jersey vice cop with the slow-burning smile that undermines a girl's stronger resolve is being polite. So what does this mean? Has he found a new love? Or is he manipulating Steph, using her in his police investigation, counting on her unmanageable curiosity and competitive Jersey attitude? Once again, the entire One for the Money crew is in action, including Ranger and Grandma Mazur, searching for Mo, tripping down a trail littered with dead drug dealers, leading Stephanie to suspect Mo has traded his ice-cream scoop for a vigilante gun. Cursed with a disastrous new hair color and an increasing sense that it's really time to get a new job, Stephanie spirals and tumbles through Three to Get Deadly with all the wisecracks and pace her fans have come to expect.
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