Book Reviews of High Five (Stephanie Plum, Bk 5)

Another rip-roaring Stephanie Plum mystery. Just when you think she can't come up with any more wild and zany characters, she does! Laugh-out-loud funny!

I am reading the series in order, and I know I have a long way to go, but this one was GREAT!!! I thought the 4th was awesome, but 5 is just amazing! Stephanie is at it again and this time her family is involved in a big mess!
ALSO anyone who is interested in her love life will get a kick out of this one. Ranger or Morelli??? The ending keeps you guessing!

Its much like the others in the series, no surprises but easy reading and often funny

The action never stops! Another Stephanie Plum adventure when she sets out to find her missing uncle. As usual, many other things intervene and you are off on another reading adventure.

Fantastic read as always. I love the Stephanie Plum books. They will make you laugh out loud while reading.

Very funny and surprisingly good for a book this far into a series. They seem to get better as the characters evolve and so far the plots don't suffer, as is often the case in a long series.

All of the usual characters make an appearance, so you won't be disappointed by a lack of Lula or Grandma Mazur butting in and causing trouble.

Another fantastic Stephanie Plum adventure. This time I didn't get through the first chapter without laughing out loud. Grandma Mazur gets a little more book time, and is hysterical as always. Stephanie is asked to look for her missing Uncle Fred, and also starts working part time for Ranger with whom the sexual tension is heating up. Morelli is still around and gorgeous as ever. She's got a crazy man watching her, a ticked off little person living in her apartment (which give some of the funniest lines in the book), and her luck with cars has, if anything, gotten far worse than before. And of course, dinner with the Plums is never to be missed!
These characters get better and better as the books go on, and Stephanie's exploits just get funnier and funnier.

They just keep getting better, although REALLY leaves you wanting more!

I HAVE TO SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT...I HAVE NEVER BEEN UNHAPPY WITH ANY OF JANET EVANOVICH'S BOOKS.

SINCE I FIRST DISCOVERED THEM , I CAN'T GET ENOUGH.

I HAVE SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION AND BI-POLAR DISEASE MY ENTIRE LIFE..BUT WHEN I READ HER BOOKS..I FREQUENTLY LAUGH SO HARD MY HUSBAND THINKS I'AM CRYING..THE TEARS OF LAUGHTER JUST WON'T QUIT.

SHE IS JUST A RIOT WITH HER "STEPHANIE PLUM BOOKS"

I HAVE NOT READ ANY OTHER BOOKS WRITTEN BY HER THAN THIS SERIES....BUT SHE IS A GENIUS!!!JUST CAN'T PUT THEM DOWN.

Love this series! Stephanie Plum single woman struggling to make a living with a cast of familiar crazy characters plus always some new inhabitants. Get a look at life in "the burg", someplace different than a lot of the writers settings. Great fun adventures every time. Love the stories, just could do with a little less romance and sex. Hope J.E. continues to write this series of number books into the teens, twenties, onward and forward...

High Five
5 out of 5
Janet Evanovich

To date, I think this was my favorite book in this series. All the characters were there in all their feistiness. Even Grandma Bella and her Evil Eye.

Once again Stephanie is out of money and will take any FTA, this one turns out to be a very stubborn “littler person” who in turn decides to move into Stephanie’s apartment, which wouldn’t be so bad if she wasn’t already distracted by her overly cheap Uncle Fred who went MIA while trying to right a $2.00 wrong at the trash company.

Things start to heat up when she starts spending a little too much time with Ranger and now is having the Ranger/Morelli conflict. Some girls have all the luck. Now to find Fred, who’s wife really doesn’t mind that he’s missing, keep out of the way of a psycho boxer, get a dwarf (after calling Stephanie a loser, the gets called names too), choose between Ranger and Morelli, keep a taser away from grandma, chauffer a child sheik, dodge a killer, and stop getting cars destroyed all seem to be a week in the life of Stephanie.

Great fast passed book with lots of storylines and great giggles. I highly recommend this one.

Stephanie Plum is a wisecracking bounty hunter with a hamster, a spunky grandmother, and two men to choose from. Evanovich sense of place and time is terrific, her characterizations are individual, and her pace is quick...An enjoyable read.

What can I say? So far, I find that each Stephanie Plum book is better than the previous one. I think one of the reasons is that the cast of characters is getting larger, and the characters and situations are getting a little more complex. And while Stephanie is definitely disaster-prone, her experience is definitely increasing. This book definitely builds upon the previous ones.

I was definitely pleased to see the last of a particularly creepy character, and the way it happened was definitely gratifying. And Ms. Evanovich - you're so naughty with that cheeky ending!

I LOVE her books. They keep me in stitches! Easy to read. Little thought envolved.

Definitely a great part of the series. One of the few books that actually made me laugh out loud. I loved it!

In her fifth high-octane thriller, bounty hounter Stephanie plum sets out to find her missing uncle-and along the way smacks slam-bang into: a dead body, a nasty bookie, her swtun-gun-toting grandmother, two very sexy men, an angry little man who won't leave her apartment, and a Mafia wedding...
Jersey's favorite bounty hunter has never been better! with high hair, street smarts and plenty of attitude, steph's sure to nail this case-or risk life and spandex-clad limb trying...

Stepanie Plum novels are always a fun read. I love Grandma Azur, Morelli and Ranger. How can someone make Bounty Hunting look like so much fun?? Only Janet Evanovich....

Another great and enjoyable read by Janet Evanovich

HOLY COW!!!! If U are a Stephanie Plum fan, U will love this book! I considered taking a cold shower after I finished reading this one. Then I made the mistake of reading the intro to the next book in the series & I am finding it hard to wait for the mailman to deliver it.

if bounty hunting and women are your thing then read this and enjoy.

I've been flying through the Stephanie Plum series ever since a friend introduced me to it last month. These books are consuming! Here's an excerpt from the back cover. "In her fifth high-octane thriller, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum sets out ot find her missing uncle- and along the way smacks slam-bang into: a dead body, a nasty bookie, her stun-gun-toting grandmother, two very sexy men, an angry little man who won't leave her apartment, and a Mafia wedding..."

As usual, it is a fast paced thriller with laughs along the way, this one leaves you hanging more than the others did.

If it has "Evanovich" on the cover, it is a well-written book. If it is one of her "numbered" mysteries, it is good reading!

Number 5 and I'm still laughing out loud. Still hooked and loving the series. Was reading this one on a plane and got a few stares on more than one occasion due to the sudden fits of laughter. The only negative I have on the books is that by the end of this book I was beginning to feel that the blowing up of Stephanies cars is getting a bit old. She had at least one or two cars of her own blown up in books 1, 2, 3 and 4 and then now in book five she had about 5 cars blow up. Thats getting a bit old and would like to see her make it thru a whole book without having that happen, but still loving the series.

Very Good! Stephanie Plum rocks!

I found it very humorous and engaging. A good read!

Very funny! Gradma is at her finest in the funeral home.

Another absolutely hilarious book by Evanovich! Grandma Mazur and Lula are priceless. The love triangle of Stephanie, Morelli and Ranger begin. Have book 6 on hand because you will want to jump right in it with the ending on this one!

Another winner from Evanovich!

Another great book by Janet Evanovich. Her writing (and Stephanie Plum) keep me coming back for more.

Hot guys,adventures, & laughs. I love this books series.

A great, fun read in the Stephanie Plum series.

Great summer read If you like lots of action, laughs and a little sex thrown in!

Excellent series

Just like always, wonderful books

I started reading these books on a whim and love them! Will be positng more of Staphanie! She makes me loaugh out loud. Easy reading, great "fluff."

Janet Evanovich - Stephanie Plum never disappoints. Her Grandma cracks me up.

Whew! Grab a water bottle to cool you down. This one is the most sexually tense in my opinion of the first five. I love how the interaction between the characters is progressing. Evanovich does it again!

Excellent read!!!

This was a page turner and an exciting book. I have read several and enjoyed them all!

Love the books in this series

VINTAGE STEPHANIE!

Another great Stephanie Plum book. If you haven't read this series I highly recommend it! Great characters, funny and suspenseful.

Fun, fun fun!

What new can be said about Janet Evanovich - her books are great reading and very funny!

The action never stops ! Love it !!

Great reading lots of fun...

Great funny, crime, romantic read.

A wonderful read! Hilarious book!

Awesome book.

Another entertaining book, as usual. They never disappoint.

Wonderful book. A must read for any Evanovich fan.

I have the old style cover, it's a bit beat up but good. I enjoy this series by this author.

This is one of the absolute best series ever. I love all of them. However, my book has a different cover.

This series gets better as the numbers get higher. A great read!

Fantastic book - the Stephanie Plum series is wonderful. Funny and refreshing - you won't be dissapointed.

More Stephanie Plum fun

Any Stephanie Plum fan will love her search for Uncle Fred and her series of new cars. She sure cheers me up.

This is the 5th in a series of novels by Janet Evanovich. Bounty Hunter, Stephanie Plum sets out to find her missing uncle-and along the way smacks slam-bang into: a dead body, a nasty bookie, her stun-gun-toting grandmother, two very sexy men, an angry little man who won't leave her apartment, and a Mafia wedding.

These series of books are so funny, and so enjoyable, and I try to wait patiently until the next book comes out but it's not easy.

Ohhhhh! What a great series! I think I loved this book the most of the series so far. Hilarious!

Suspenseful and funny--excellent.

Another great Stephanie Plum read.

Love these books by this author. Accidentally have two copies of this one so don't need it.

I really couldn't get into it, so I'll just post it and hope the next person gets more out of it than I did

very good book and i love the characters especially the grandmother.

the most intense of the Stephanie Plum novels, so far!

Great fun, non stop action and laughs.

Another crazy ride with Stephanie, Lula, Grandma, and the guys. Great, quick read, and lots of fun.

Great Plum story again:)

Stephanie Plum is hilarious. Janet Evanovich has made Stephanie Plum a star. This is the best series I have ever read.

This series just keeps getting better and better! I crack up at all of the situations she gets herself into. Can't wait to read the rest of the series!

A great, easy read. Couldn't put it down.

I love this series - it is hilarious!

Loved it! I enjoyed this Stephanie Plum book as much as the four before it. Now I'm looking forward to reading #6!

Love this book, as always with this series.

Another great Stephanie Plum misadventure.

"Uncle Fred was someone I saw at weddings and funerals and once in a while at Giovichinni's Meat Market, ordering a quarter pound of olive loaf. Eddie Such, the butcher, would have the olive loaf on the scale and Uncle Fred would say, 'You've got the olive loaf on a piece of waxed paper. How much does that piece of waxed paper weigh? You're not gonna charge me for that waxed paper, are you? I want some money off for the waxed paper.'"

The speaker is Stephanie Plum, the glamorous if slightly ditzy bounty hunter from Trenton, New Jersey.

Stephanie's problems are many and varied. She's not making enough money picking up FTAs (Failures to Appear) for her cousin Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds; her red-hot love affair with Detective Joe Morelli has cooled off; and her giant extended family is no help at all. For instance, Uncle Fred the cheapskate has disappeared, leaving behind some suspicious photographs of body parts in garbage bags and links to some really dangerous people.

When Stephanie turns to her friend and mentor, Ranger, for financial advice, he gets her involved in a gang of toughs doing instant evictions for landlords. (She complains to Ranger about the job and its dangers, prompting one of the hired thug to say, "Man, you don't like to get shot. You don't like to get arrested. You don't know how to have fun at all.")

Most of Stephanie's charm, of course, comes from her attitude--a combination of the brazen bravado that turns a failed lingerie model into a bounty hunter in the first place and the normal fears of a person in over her head.

Excellent. It had a great ending that made me start reading Hot Six right away!

different cover - still a great book!

Stephanie Plum is at it again. This time hunting down bad guys and an FTA has moved in with her and he's only three feet tall. The sexual suspense gets turned up a notch....will she pick Morelli or Ranger?

Instead of a 7-foot transvestite (Book Four), there is a three foot dwarf. Stephanie (the bounty hunter) keeps getting her car blown up, and Evanovich keeps the reader in stitches. In Book Five, Stephanie is once again trying to find the killer while the killer is trying to find our heroine. Looks of sex and fun.

LOVE this series....I also love that I can read them all at once and I don't have to wait for the next one....well, until I read the 12th...

Stephanie is up to her usual hijinks with the help of Lulu, Ranger,
Morelli and Grandma. Great charaters and great fun.

Great Read!

This has been the best book by far in this series - she just keeps on writing better and better! Wish I could meet Ranger and Morelli in person - hubba, hubba! :) Great book!

Great and fun reading.

Excellent as always!

Didn't want to put it down. Laugh out loud funny.

I read books 1-6 on my vacation, they all did not make it in time from pbs so I went out in search of the ones I needed and bought them, that is how awesome this series is!

Oh my. And Ranger turns up the heat in a chilly October mystery...Uncle Fred has disappeared. But Stephanie always finds her target.

I loved this book.

Another amusing Stephanie Plum mystery.

Another fun book by this author.

Funny and moves quickly

Not the cozy I wanted.

In her fifth high-octane thriller, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum sets out to find her missing uncle---and along the way smacks slam-bang into: a dead body, a nasty bookie, her stun-gun-toting grandmother, two very sexy men, an angry little man who won't leave her aprtment, and a Mafia wedding. Makes you want to read the next one....Hot Six!

Great, laugh out loud funny.

this was a good story

I can't get enough of Stepanie Plum, "Jersey's favorite bounty hunter," but you don't have to be from NJ to enjoy this series. A missing uncle and a grandma with a stun gun are just two of the problems facing our heroine from Trenton in this funny and sexy episode.

Another great Stephanie Plum novel with an ending that left me SCREAMING! Thank goodness I didn't have to wait to start "Hot Six".

This was a great Plum mystery. Stephanie sets off in search of her missing uncle Fred and finds herself smack in the middle of yet another fiasco. Many LOL adventures in this one.

Funny. Entertaining. I will have to read more from this series...

great book!!

A great read, fun and fanciful.

Wow!! This one is awesome!! Cute, funny, and adventerous!! And of course involving Morelli and Ranger!!

loved it can hardly wait to readthe next one!!!!

Janet has once again written an excellent book with Stephanie at the helm of adventure and action and Grandma Mazur is da bomb, as well as Joe being his normal infuriating, yet sexy self. Ranger and Lula definitely add spice to this funny novel of mayhem and laughter.

The Fifth book in the delightful Stephanie Plum, the extrordinary bounty hunter, and her nutty family and friends.

The Stephanie Plum series is great! A laugh a minute!

Loved this whole "laugh out loud" series!

I am so addicted to these books! Very good. Check my bookshelf, I should have more posted.

good book

Just another story in one of my most favorite series. I like this series so much I got them all in hardback. Stephanie is always getting herself into the most hilarious situations.

Funny, great plot!! wonderful read!

One of my favorite authors. Always a fun read!

Different cover art

A great read!

great series...totally enjoyable!

Fast, fun, and really amusing. Loved it!

Love this series!

Another terrific Stephanie Plum novel. Exciting, romantic, funny, and gloriously entertaining!

Hard to put this one down. Surprise ending!

"Jersey's favorite bounty hunter has never been better! With high hair, street smarts, and plenty of attitude, Steph's sure to nail this case--or risk life and spandex-clad limb trying..."

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

I have a hard time putting Evanovich's books down once I start reading them!! Another entertaining Stephanie Plum book...

Hilarious as always!!

Another hysterical read! And this time it looks like Morelli has some competition for Stephanie's affections!

Another tale of Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter in spandex. Fun, quick read.

Love Stephanie Plum, this series never fails to make me smile and entertain. If you love go-get-em characters you'll love Stephanie too!

In her fifth high-octane thriller, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum sets out to find her missing uncle-and along the way smacks slam-bang into: a dead body, a nasty bookie, her stun-gun toting grandmother, two very sexy men, an angry little man who won't leave her apartment, and a Mafia wedding.
Jersey's favorite bounty hunter has never been better! With high hair, street smarts and plenty of attitude, Steph's sure to nail this case-or risk life and spandex-clad limb trying...

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 Stephanie Plum series is always lots of fun!

Got to keep reading these books!

Great book/series. I can't wait to read the next one to find out what happened at the end of this one.

Another great adventure of Stephanie Plum. Different cover than one show. This one has a gold cover with the blue Buick. Copyright 1999.

This series is my favorite of this genre. Funny Jersey Girl!

This is the older gold covered book.

Stephanie Plum is on another case, and as usual there is a lot of excitement in this thriller.

Book 5 of the Stephanie Plum series. I love this series!! I would start with Book on (One for the Money). Great characters! I wonder when they will make this series into a movie or TV series!! Series is highly recommended.

This is a light and entertaining book.You actually laugh out loud. I enjoyed this light fun mystery very much.

Stephanie runs into to trouble while looking for her missing uncle. Great read.

From the day Stephanie Plum first started tracking down bail jumpers for her cousin Vinnie, neither bounty hunting nor the city of Trenton have ever been the same. Now, in High Five, Janet Evanovich's fifth installment in the Plum series, New Jersey's most entertaining bounty hunter is back on the trail again with the monstrous powder-blue Buick and the usual cast of zany characters at her side. There's stun-gun-packing Grandma Mazur, who has redefined the term "riding shotgun," and Lula, the black, bodacious, and bountiful hooker-turned-file-clerk who is just itching to bag herself a bail jumper. Of course, there's also vice officer Joe Morelli, with his fine-fitting jeans and a way of making Stephanie forget all but his presence. But after getting a little too close for comfort in the last book, Stephanie and Morelli have agreed to step back and take things slower, which allows Ranger — Stephanie's sexy and mysterious mentor — to step in and give Morelli a run for his money.
Stephanie's big case this time is a personal one, the result of high pressure from the family and an extremely low caseload at the office. She is trying to find her missing Uncle Fred, who went to the bank and grocery store three days ago and never returned. The only clue is a picture of an unidentifiable body in a garbage bag. While Stephanie is only too happy to help out the family, there is the little matter of the rent to pay and food to buy, and Uncle Fred's case is a freebie. Hoping to make enough to tide her over for a short while, Stephanie makes two fatal decisions. The first is toaskRanger, who never seems to be at a loss for money or sleek and sexy black cars, if he has any jobs she can do to tide her over. The second is to bring in what appears to be a low-paying but easy-to-find bail jumper, Randy Briggs. This second option looks like even easier money when Stephanie discovers Briggs is all of three feet tall, but Briggs, who gets a tad testy when he's called a midget, isn't as easy as he looks and refuses to be brought in by a "loser" like Stephanie. His success in avoiding capture and his constant taunting push Stephanie over the edge until finally, in a fit of pique, she bashes in his door and practically throws him down a flight of stairs.

Meanwhile, Ranger offers Stephanie a series of jobs that quickly become a series of disasters. But there is pay involved and the side perk of a company car, which frees Stephanie from having to drive the hated but seemingly indestructible Buick. Problem is, Stephanie has always had a penchant for having things blow up or burn down around her, and both her new jobs and her new wheels are short-lived as a result. To make matters worse, her investigation into Uncle Fred's disappearance is going nowhere and there's a nasty bookie following her around, making her life miserable. About the only good thing in Stephanie's life is the way both Morelli and Ranger seem determined to get her into bed. But neither of them is likely to get very far, since Stephanie has virtually no privacy. Not only is the mysterious bookie showing up inside her apartment unannounced; Randy Briggs has moved himself in lock, stock, and attitude, feeling it's only fair that Stephanie put him up while the door she ruined back at his own place is being repaired.

As disturbing details about Uncle Fred's disappearance surface, the body count for both people and cars mounts. Will Stephanie be able to solve the mystery before a vicious killer comes after her? Will she get her man in the end? (And in the case of Morelli and Ranger, which man will it be?) The answer is yes on all counts, but not before plenty of wisecracking comments, madcap adventures, and sidesplitting fun.

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