Going Rogue by Janet Evanovich

 

Janet Evanovich's 29th Stephanie Plum book is here and it is filled with just as many laughs and thrills as the first one and all the ones in between. Going Rogue sees Stephanie turn up for work at Vinnie's Bail Bonds on a Monday morning to find that office manager Connie Rosolli is not there. That never happens. Worse yet, as Lula points out, there are no donuts. 

After checking Connie's usual haunts, Stephanies worst fears are confirmed when she gets a call from Connie's abductor. They are looking to exchange Connie for a coin that was used as collateral for someone's bail. That someone has since been murdered. Now Stephanie has to track down the coin, figure out why it's so valuable and rescue Connie from her increasingly impatient abductors. 

Fortunately for Stephanie, she can count on assistance from Lula, her Grandma Mazur, boyfriend Morelli, and security expert Ranger. The only question is how many laughs there will be along the way, how many scrapes she'll get into, and possibly how many cars will she blow up.

This series is always entertaining, inventive, and filled with great scenes. The only question for me is whether Grandma Mazur or Lula delivers more laugh-out-loud moments (this time it was Lula by a nose). The hunt for the coin and the characters we meet along the way, whether related to the coin or just the bail jumpers picked up as Stephanie multitasks are so much fun. 

I don't know if Evanovich was listening to "Torn Between Two Lovers" or if "throuple" showed up on her Word of the Day calendar when she came up with the love triangle between Stephanie, Morelli, and Ranger, but it sure complicates Stephanie's life and makes our lives a lot more fun. There's still plenty of steam in those relationships and it only adds to the fun of reading these books.

This is another great entry in this series. Fans will eat this up and everyone is going to be eagerly awaiting the next book.

I was provided a copy of this book by the publisher.