MOTOR MOUTH

The laughs are nonstop in Evanovich’s second NASCAR-based caper. Team engineer Alexandra Barnaby and celebrity driver Hooker become entangled with sleazy characters who will stop at nothing to find a valuable computer chip. And when Hooker’s Saint Bernard, Beans, bites into a corpse, the pair find themselves wanted for multiple counts of murder. Meanwhile, Hooker’s infidelity has ended their relationship, but the sexual tension sizzles. C.J. Critt’s narration is a masterpiece of comic timing. Her voices capture each character’s delicious quirkiness. Her accents are funny without being condescending. The dialogue is so crisp and the transitions so smooth that it’s easy to forget there’s just one person behind it all. Even Bean’s “woof” has personality. E.S. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/ MAY 07]