TWO FOR THE DOUGH

Evanovich has staked out the ordinal numbers for her series of mysteries, which follow Stephanie Plum, resident of a blue-collar section of Trenton, New Jersey. The Plum character is “street smart,” and reader Lori Petty’s voice has the proper swagger to it. In TWO FOR THE DOUGH there’s not much suspense. If not for Grandma Mazur’s snooping around the local funeral parlor--with hysterical results--this second novel would have little to recommend it. It took nearly six books for Sue Grafton to show her full talent, and she’s limited by a 26-letter alphabet. Evanovich, happily, has an infinite series of titles. S.I.R. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG 96]