Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, No. 7) (Stephanie Plum Novels)
by Janet Evanovich
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Author: Janet EvanovichEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-06-17
ISBN: 0312980140
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishers
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Book Review: SEVEN had me cracking UP!
Summary: 4 Stars
We devoted readers all know that Stephanie's cases are never easy. Something is bound to go wackily wrong everytime Stephanie's on the case. And SEVEN UP, Janet Evanovich's seventh novel starring lingerie-buyer-turned-bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum, is no exception. This time, Stephanie's case is deceptively easy: Bring in Eddie DeChooch, who's eighty years old, nearly blind, and has been caught smuggling cigarettes into Jersey from Richmond, Virginia. Since Eddie didn't show up for court, it's up to Stephanie to find him and take him to reschedule.
Seems easy, right? Well, the thing is...Eddie DeChooch somehow keeps alluding her. He's driving around town in a very visible white Cadillac, but he keeps slipping through Steph's fingers. When Stephanie's friends, the lovable stoners Mooner and Dougie, are kidnapped, and it appears DeChooch is involved in their disappearance, Stephanie starts to get desperate. She decides to enlist the help of mystery man Ranger--for a price, of course, and this time that price may be more than she's willing to pay (and more than her body can handle).
Pig hearts, motorcycles, mud wrestling, unwanted wedding dresses, car accidents, dogs with an endless supply of bodily functions, sexy cops and irresistible bad boys, lesbian sisters, perverted bosses and big black ex-hookers...It's just another day in the life of Stephanie Plum!
Okay, okay, I'll admit it: The Stephanie Plum novels are getting rather formulaic. But is that necessarily a bad thing? I've begun to think of these books as my "guilty pleasure"; I mean, c'mon, let's face it, it's not like they're haute literature. But that's precisely why I love them. When you open a Stephanie Plum novel, you know exactly what you're going to get: wacky situations, outlandish characters, lots of irreverence and tons of laughs...and what's so bad about that? It's nice to escape every once in a while. I say stick with your formula, Janet: It works!
SEVEN UP does a great job of expanding on the characters we faithful readers have come to know and love. Evanovich has definitely been upping Ranger's sexuality a few thousand degrees in the last couple of books. Morelli's character, too, becomes more nuanced as we readers begin to realize how much he really cares for Stephanie. All the familiar favorites are there: Dougie and Mooner, crazy ol' Grandma Mazur (who's actually starting to get on my nerves--she's a bit overwritten), Lula and Connie, Bob the dog, Mom and Dad Plum. There are even some new characters to enjoy, like Stephanie's sister Valerie, who's arrived from California with her two daughters and who, since her husband left her, has decided she's a lesbian.
And there's Stephanie herself...and well, she's one of the most remarkable creations in fiction today--in haute literature, or in any other kind. Brutally honest, winningly ditzy but also shrewd, charming and lovable, funny and just a little bit crazy: That's Stephanie. She's got a love affair with Jersey, an endless supply of tee-shirts and Levis, and a huge black shoulder bag filled with the flotsam of her crazy life. She's independent but also a little needy; she's hesitantly nurturing (at least to her hamster, Rex, and to Mooner and Dougie, who instill in her a kind of motherly instinct) and admittedly vulnerable. She's purely unforgettable and so real it's hard to believe she only lives in the pages of fiction.
Ridiculous and wonderful, sharp and sassy and written in that trademark witty prose her readers have become so familiar with, Janet Evanovich has definitely offered up another winner with SEVEN UP. And oh, just you wait for the cliffhanger at the end of this one!
Summary of Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, No. 7) (Stephanie Plum Novels)
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BLOWN UP
All New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has to do is bring in semi-retired bail jumper Eddie DeChooch. For an old man he's still got a knack for slipping out of sight--and raising hell. How else can Stephanie explain the bullet-riddled corpse in Eddie's garden? Who else would have a clue as to why two of Stephanie's friends suddenly vanished? For answers Stephanie has the devil to pay: her mentor, Ranger. The deal? He'll give Stephanie all the help she needs--if she gives him everything he wants . . .
MESSED UP
As if things weren't complicated enough, Stephanie's just discovered her Grandma Mazur's own unmentionable alliance with Eddie. Add a series of unnerving break-ins, not to mention the bombshell revelation leveled by Stephanie's estranged sister, and Stephanie's ready for some good news. Unfortunately, a marriage proposal from Joe Morelli, the love of her life, isn't quite cutting it. And now--murder, a randy paramour, a wily mobster, death threats, extortion, and a triplie kidnapping aside--Stephanie's really got the urge to run for her life . . .
SEVEN UP
#1 New York Times
#1 Wall Street Journal
#1 Entertainment Weekly
#1 Publishers Weekly
#1 Booksense
#1 Los Angeles Times
BLOWN UP
All New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has to do is bring in semi-retired bail jumper Eddie DeChooch. For an old man he's still got a knack for slipping out of sight--and raising hell. How else can Stephanie explain the bullet-riddled corpse in Eddie's garden? Who else would have a clue as to why two of Stephanie's friends suddenly vanished? For answers Stephanie has the devil to pay: her mentor, Ranger. The deal? He'll give Stephanie all the help she needs--if she gives him everything he wants . . .
MESSED UP
As if things weren't complicated enough, Stephanie's just discovered her Grandma Mazur's own unmentionable alliance with Eddie. Add a series of unnerving break-ins, not to mention the bombshell revelation leveled by Stephanie's estranged sister, and Stephanie's ready for some good news. Unfortunately, a marriage proposal from Joe Morelli, the love of her life, isn't quite cutting it. And now--murder, a randy paramour, a wily mobster, death threats, extortion, and a triplie kidnapping aside--Stephanie's really got the urge to run for her life . . .
SEVEN UP
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's got a lot on her mind. How does cigarette smuggler Eddie DeChooch, a fugitive so geriatric that even the hot-to-trot Grandma Mazur won't go out with him a third time, keep giving her the slip? How did a woman who died of a heart attack end up in DeChooch's garden shed with five bullet holes in her chest? Who stole a rump roast from Dougie and Mooner, the two lovable potheads who have decided to be crime fighters in Spandex bodysuits? Can Stephanie's perfect sister Valerie make it as a lesbian single mother without driving her family crazy? And--oh yeah--what should Stephanie do about that damn wedding dress on hold at Tina's Bridal Shoppe, waiting for her to decide whether vice cop Joe Morelli's really the one for her?
I did look good in the gown. I looked like Scarlett O' Hara getting ready for a big wedding at Tara. I moved around a little to simulate dancing."Jump up and down so we can see how it'll look when you do the bunny hop," Grandma said.
"It's pretty but I don't want a gown," I said.
"I can order one in her size at no obligation," Tina said.
"No obligation," Grandma said. "You can't beat that."
"As long as there's no obligation," my mother said.
I needed chocolate. A lot of chocolate. "Oh gee," I said, "look at the time. I need to go."
To complicate matters further, Stephanie's made a reluctant deal with the devil: if she can't bring in DeChooch by herself, her sexy but dangerous cohort Ranger is willing to help--for a price that a girl who's not-exactly-engaged is uncertain whether she should pay. But when Dougie and Mooner disappear, Grandma is kidnapped, and a crazy widow starts taking pot shots, no one who hides her .38 in a cookie jar is going to turn down a little friendly assistance.
In Seven Up, Janet Evanovich serves up her usual bubbly fare: a totaled car, raucous viewings at Stiva's Funeral Parlor, buffoonish bad guys, and down-and-dirty mud wrestling, all stirred up with some snappy Jersey repartee and a few tart, new twists that will keep her fans impatient. Heaven can't wait for number eight. --Barrie Trinkle
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