Like almost anyone who has read any of the other Stephanie Plum books, I was waiting impatiently for the arrival of this one - luckily, I found her late, and only read High Five not to long ago, but, boy, did it seem a long time with a cliffhanger like the one in High Five... And Janet Evanovich does not disappoint, producing a book as funny, engaging, fun, surprising, enjoyable and likable as the first five.

The book picks up exactly where the last one left off, and goes from there into another of Stephanie's chases as the 'Bounty Hunter from Hell.' As always, she picks up some new 'friends' along the way. A new character emerges, Mooner. Mooner is a chronically stoned guy and very funny. He adds considerably to the chuckles in this new Plum mystery.

Stephanie's hysterically funny grandmother has moved in with her. A cop friend has asked her to dog sit while he goes on vacation, and has no intention of taking the dog back. The dog, Bob, as it turns out has a strange eating problem, he eats everything and anything. There are a couple scenes involving, ah, dog doo that had me LOL and rolling!

Stephanie, Morelli and Ranger - for those who know the series - are as wonderful as ever, as are all the other and new players. Janet lets characters change without losing what made them so appealing in the first place.

For anyone who has read any of Janet's book, this will be quite a fun romp, but I think having read High Five made it much more interesting since it starts at the EXACT point that the previous left off. Anyone picking up a Janet Evanovich mystery for the first time will, I think, enjoy this one as well - and perhaps be inspired to go backwards in the series. But above all, just read this book! Hey, I went from being a huge skeptic when someone lent me the series to a devoted fan in about ten pages of the first book. It can happen to anyone...

EXCELLENT