#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERPowerhouse author Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum novels are “as entertaining as ever” (Entertainment Weekly), “brilliantly evocative” (The Denver Post), and “making trouble and winning hearts” (USA Today). Stephanie Plum has her sights set on catching a notorious mob boss. If she doesn’t take him down, he may take her out. New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum … him down, he may take her out.
New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum knows better than to mess with family. But when powerful mobster Salvatore “Uncle Sunny” Sunucchi goes on the lam in Trenton, it’s up to Stephanie to find him. Uncle Sunny is charged with murder for running over a guy (twice), and nobody wants to turn him in—not his poker buddies, not his bimbo girlfriend, not his two right-hand men, Shorty and Moe. Even Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, has skin in the game, because—just Stephanie’s luck—the godfather is his actual godfather. And while Morelli understands that the law is the law, his old-world grandmother, Bella, is doing everything she can to throw Stephanie off the trail.
It’s not just Uncle Sunny giving Stephanie the run-around. Security specialist Ranger needs her help to solve the bizarre death of a top client’s mother, a woman who happened to play bingo with Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur. Before Stephanie knows it, she’s working side by side with Ranger and Grandma at the senior center, trying to catch a killer on the loose—and the bingo balls are not rolling in their favor.
With bullet holes in her car, henchmen on her tail, and a giraffe named Kevin running wild in the streets of Trenton, Stephanie will have to up her game for the ultimate takedown.
BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Janet Evanovich’s Top Secret Twenty-One.
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In Takedown Twenty bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is searching for mobster Salvatore ‘Sunny’ Sunucchi and no one wants her to find him. Not even Stephanie’s on-again, off-again, hot number Joe Morelli. Turns out Sunny is Morelli’s actual godfather. In her spare time, she’s paring up with Ranger and her grandmother in an effort to catch a killer at the local bingo game. Another really fun Stephanie Plum read.
I read every Janet Evanovich books I can get my hands on. And the Stephanie Plum series are my favorite. Read, laugh and enjoy. Just enough funny, romance and mystery!
Always a laugh out loud read!
I love the Numbers books by Janet Evanovich. So funny and entertaining!
I love Janet E.’s dialogue. Very funny and real.
We enjoyed all of the Stephanie Plum books. They make us laugh!
You can always count on Janet Evanovich and her cast of characters to provide some laugh out loud entertainment.
I love Stephanie Plum and her Grandma Mazur!!
Love Stephanie Plum! She’s hilarious
Stephanie Plum books are always fun to read. Love Grandma and Lula as well as Stephanie.
Every time I read one of Janet’s book,I can’t wait to read another Love her characters and witty sense of humor.if you need a pick me up,just grab one of her books
Loved this series. Laugh out loud funny.
Another winner for me. Love Stephanie’s whole crew and Grandma Mazur is a howl!
Fun
3.5
Book source ~ Library
Stephanie Plum is a half-assed bounty hunter with the hots for two guys and has a best friend who is crazy. She has the paperwork needed to catch Salvatore Sunucchi for skipping out on his court date, but the problem is everyone loves Uncle Sunny and no one wants to tell her where he’s hanging his hat these days. Oh, everyone knows he’s a mob boss and he murdered someone, but hey, he’s so charming he doesn’t deserve to go to prison. While Stephanie tries to run down Sunny and avoid Sunny’s henchmen she’s helping hot security guy Ranger to solve the murders of several old ladies who were strangled and left in dumpsters. Hot cop guy Morelli says it’s not his case, but he’s helping out some, too. Because why not?
Even though I read book 25 just a few weeks ago, I hadn’t realized I’d somehow skipped this one. I mean, it’s understandable. They all run together like onelongassbook. This one is actually a bit better than the others, but not by much. Only because Ranger is in it a lot and Stephanie screws up even more than usual and actually gets hurt. Does it knock some sense into her? Not really. But I like how it twists a bit more than usual. In any case, this book is marshmallow fluff. It’s no good for you, but it’s pretty tasty in small doses. Light entertainment is all you get out of this one. As usual.
The Stephanie Plum series is like your regular Saturday evening movie… there are always some good moments, often you’ll encounter a few repetitive things, and occasionally exists the chance you might wet yourself! In Janet Evanovich’s latest installment (for me, I’m behind a few books) — #20, Takedown Twenty, here’s what you need to know: (a) a giraffe is wandering around Trenton, NJ, (b) a sicko is strangling elderly women, (c) you get attacked if you attend BINGO, (d) Stephanie’s guaranteed to be shot at nearly 10 times and her car stolen at least a handful more, and (e) you’ll want to kick Evanovich’s butt if she doesn’t give us another hot Ranger / Stephanie sex scene. Stop teasing me, Woman! (said in a very humorous way and not in a negative way!)
Some think the series has gotten old and tiresome. Others see it as too repetitive. As a stand-alone book, forgetting about any of the others, it’s a solid story worth 4+ star. I pull back a little with the shiners because it is a little too formulaic. I don’t mind some similarities but we’re approaching duplicate mode in some scenes even within the same book. Her car was stolen 4 times if I counted properly. I can take twice. Maybe a third if I’ve been drinking and forgot the first time. But 4’s pushing me, and I’m a forgiving reader.
That said, it’s still laugh out loud hilarious. And if I could find a new occupation just because I want to tell people what I do, it would be to act like Lula and say I’m a reformed ‘ho. I’m not sure I could pull off the sass, but it’s worth a try, right? I’m gonna do some research. I’ll be back with #21 next month.
Getting a bit predictable but still love Stephanie Plum series.
I feel like, this far into the series, Stephanie should have grown more. The development of her character has been stunted, and so has Ranger’s and Morelli’s. I feel like I am reading the same book over and over again.
Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter, is a street smart Jersey girl and she is being chased by the mob. Morelli’s Uncle Sonny, a crime boss, is in violation of his parole. Stephanie is determined to bring him in regardless of how many cars are blown up, the number of times she gets shot at or the “evil eye” spells put on her by Morelli’s Grandma Bella. To say Stephanie is stubborn is an understatement. Plus, she has Lula as backup and Ranger to rescue her. This book is witty, unpredictable and action-packed. Janet Evanovich creates the most entertaining plots. The narrator, Lorelei King, is fabulous! She is the absolute best at creating entertaining voices. You have no trouble differentiating between characters.
I’ve read every single book in this series and I never fail to laugh out loud while reading them. The stories and characters never get old. Thanks for bringing the intrigue and the fun.