EXPLOSIVE EIGHTEEN

When a "mystery man" secretly drops a photo into Stephanie Plum's bag during her return flight from Hawaii and then turns up dead, things quickly become complicated for the Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter. With the addition of some FBI impersonators who will stop at nothing to get the photo back and a tan-less ring finger that Steph won't explain, the fun only gets funnier. Lorelei King delivers a rollicking good time in Plum’s world of unrestrained hilarity, which is also inhabited by on-again-off-again boyfriend Joe Morelli; the full-bodied Lulu; archenemy Joyce Barnhardt; and all the other equally well-portrayed characters. King's accents are all distinct and different. No one does "dumb" or "Jersey" or "former ho" better. A.C.P. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2012]