#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Don’t miss Janet Evanovich’s short story “Pros and Cons” in the back of the book.Catch a professional assassin: top priority. Find a failure-to-appear and collect big bucks: top score. How she’ll pull it all off: top secret. Trenton, New Jersey’s favorite used-car dealer, Jimmy Poletti, was caught selling a lot more than used cars out of his dealerships. Now he’s … used cars out of his dealerships. Now he’s out on bail and has missed his date in court, and bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is looking to bring him in. Leads are quickly turning into dead ends, and all too frequently into dead bodies. Even Joe Morelli, the city’s hottest cop, is struggling to find a clue to the suspected killer’s whereabouts. These are desperate times, and they call for desperate measures. So Stephanie is going to have to do something she really doesn’t want to do: protect former hospital security guard and general pain in her behind Randy Briggs. Briggs was picking up quick cash as Poletti’s bookkeeper and knows all his boss’s dirty secrets. Now Briggs is next on Poletti’s list of people to put six feet under.
To top things off, Ranger—resident security expert and Stephanie’s greatest temptation—has been the target of an assassination plot. He’s dodged the bullet this time, but if Ranger wants to survive the next attempt on his life, he’ll have to enlist Stephanie’s help and reveal a bit more of his mysterious past.
Death threats, highly trained assassins, highly untrained assassins, and Stark Street being overrun by a pack of feral Chihuahuas are all in a day’s work for Stephanie Plum. The real challenge is dealing with her Grandma Mazur’s wild bucket list. A boob job and getting revenge on Joe Morelli’s Grandma Bella can barely hold a candle to what’s number one on the list—but that’s top secret.
Praise for Top Secret Twenty-One
“The combination of biting dialogue, outrageous characters and intense story lines are consistent throughout. And [Janet Evanovich] novels are the true definition of a guilty pleasure.”—Associated Press
“Evanovich doesn’t disappoint. . . . [She] weaves setting, family, romance and crime to pull the plot of Top Secret Twenty-One forward.”—Bookreporter
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I love Stephanie Plum’s grandmother Maser. She’s a hoot. I laugh my way thru this whole series.
Janet Evanovich never disappoints. I love the characters in her Stephanie Plum novels – especially Lula and Grandma.
Janet Evanovitch never fails to entertain me. Her special brand of humor always brightens my day!
Stephanie Plum stories are always a great read. They are laugh out loud funny and just an enjoyable read.
Anything with Stephanie is amazing!
As always Janet writes like it is and could be in a way that isn’t right now. Love her characters especially granma. looking forward to a continuation of the newest duo moon and knight.
I love all of the Stephanie Plum novels!
I love all PLUM books, 2nd time I read book 21!
TOP SECRET TWENTY-ONE: A STEPHANIE PLUM NOVEL is Plum fun. The Stephanie Plum series draws readers from all demographics. I met an elderly gentleman reading about the antics of the NJ crew at my dentist’s waiting room. When I switched to a digital library, I brought several Stephanie books to school for my students. One young man couldn’t get through them fast enough.
Somehow, I missed TOP SECRET TWENTY-ONE. Stephanie is ‘babysitting’ a mafioso-type accountant. Although it isn’t the Fourth of July, the rocket bombs are flying high. Sprinkle in a dash or two of a top Russian assassin and Grandma Mazur’s Bucket List, life gets even more interesting for our bounty hunter friend.
Loved it as always with her books. No disappointment.
I love this series! Stephanie and her family are so funny – especially Grandma Mazur. The adventures of a not very good bounty hunter are hilarious.
What a joy to have a book that makes you laugh out loud during a pandemic. As usual Stephanie Plum Grandma and Lula keep you wondering what antics will ensue next. Guess I better start my bucket list. I do not think I can beat Grandma’s though
I always enjoy the interaction of these characters.
Anyone who has lived in or near New Jersey will relate to these characters from the burg. Laugh out loud till you cry fun
I love this author and she always delivers the best!!
I love this author and this series. Once I started reading I couldn’t put this book down. There is so much humor in this series and I can’t wait for next one.
I like the book, waiting for the follow up to come out.
A fun series, Stephanie Plum as usual finds herself in trouble. I recommend this book to all of us fun loving people.
I have read all of the Stephanie Plum books, and Top Secret Twenty-One was like a walk down memory lane. A little soggy, a little re-fried, and yet nostalgic.
I love Female leads in crime cases.