Hot Six

Hot six by Janet Evanovich
Published by St. Martin's Press
Grade:A

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and Trenton vice cop Joe Morelli join forces to find the madman killer who shot and barbecued the youngest son of international black-market arms dealer Alexander Ramos. Carlos Manoso, street name Ranger, is caught on video just minutes before the crime occurs. He's at the scene, he's with the victim, and he's the number one suspect. Manoso is former Special Forces turned soldier of fortune. He has a blue-chip stock portfolio and no known address. He moves in mysterious circles. He's
Stephanie's mentor-- the man who taught her everything she knows about fugitive
apprehension. And he's more than her friend.
Now he's the hunted and Stephanie's the hunter, and it's time for Stephanie to test her skills against the master. But if she does catch him. . . what then? Can she bring
herself to turn him in? Plus there are other things keeping Stephanie awake at
night. Her maternal grandmother has set up housekeeping in Stephanie's
apartment, a homicidal maniac has selected Stephanie as his next victim, her
love life is in the toilet, she's adopted a dog with an eating disorder, and she
can't button the top snap on her Levis.

If you read my review for the last Plum book, you'll know that I gave it the lowest mark in the series so far. I was nervous to start Hot Six, because I thought that maybe, it would be a let down, too. It wasn't though!
The laughs were as good as the first book, and the story line was entertaining.

Ranger is the big skip that needs to be brought in. Vinnie tries to give the file to Steph, but she refuses it. Instead, the file goes to Joyce, who we all know is the slut bag ho' who banged Stephani's Ex husband on the dining room table.

Even though Ranger is wanted by the police, Stephanie doesn't lift a finger to bring him in. In fact, she teams up with him to help him find out who the real killer is.

The last book had a cliff hanger ending. As much as I wanted the mystery man to be Ranger, I knew that it was Joe. No worries though, because we see a lot more of Ranger than we do Joe in this one.

So many things had me grinning ear to ear and LOL'ing. Stephanie and Lula stealing dog poop from a lady at the park, Steph and Lula taking down a naked guy. Stephanie's pimple problem! Every time someone said anything to her about it I started to laugh.

The best part was all those midnight visits from Ranger. All those kisses from him, too!! Every time he calls her 'Babe' *I* get tingles.

How can you not love a book that has Steph and Ranger rolling around on the floor with his hand up her top. Oh, yeah.

Grandma Mazur learning how to drive. Stephanie's new dog barfing and crapping in the car of some bad guys trying to steal him. There are so many funny moments in Hot Six!

Read my reviews of books one through five.