“He lives on Applegate with his parents,” she said. Trenton's blue-and-whites all looked like they'd survived Bosnia. Trenton's blue-and-whites had not gone gently into the night. I was surprised anyone noticed the damage on the cop cars. Two of the cars he shot up were unoccupied police cars.” Missed his court date and is now a fugitive. Went on a drunken late-night joyride three weeks ago with two of his buddies and shot up fourteen parked cars. Stuart Baggett.” She took a manila folder from her “in” box and flipped the file open. “Only got one Failure to Appear yesterday, and it's strictly chump change. “I'm not having any luck with Uncle Mo, and I need money. I slouched back on the brown Naugahyde couch. “If that isn't some load of cocky doody.” I took a swipe at the wet mess with my hand. “Hope you didn't spend a lot of time on your hair this morning,” she said. Lula glanced up from the files when I slogged through the door, dripping water on the utility-grade carpet. I did a four-block test drive and I was sold. “Hold on a minute, and I'll pop some plates on for you.” Standard transmission.Ī man in a yellow slicker ran over to me. except for a little blue Nissan pickup at the end of the lot. Scribner, ISBN: 0684822652 (February, 1997), 300 p., $26.00 (?).I parked at the curb and squinted through the rain at the lineup of cars. Once again, the entire One for the Money crew is in action, including Ranger and Grandma Mazur, searching for Mo, tripping down a trail littered with dead drug dealers, leading Stephanie to suspect Mo has traded his ice-cream scoop for a vigilante gun.Ĭursed with a disastrous new hair color and an increasing sense that it's really time to get a new job, Stephanie spirals and tumbles through Three to Get Deadly with all the wisecracks and pace her fans have come to expect. So what does this mean? Has he found a new love? Or is he manipulating Steph, using her in his police investigation, counting on her unmanageable curiosity and competitive Jersey attitude?

Morelli, the New Jersey vice cop with the slow-burning smile that undermines a girl's strongest resolve is being polite. Lula's big and blonde and black and itching to get the chance to lock up a crook in the trunk of her car. She's been given the unpopular task of finding Mo Bedemier, Trenton's most beloved citizen, arrested for carrying concealed, gone no-show for his court appearance.Īnd to make matters worse, she's got Lula, a former hooker turned file clerk - now a wannabe bounty hunter - at her side, sticking like glue.

Stephanie Plum, the brassy babe in the powder blue Buick is back and she's having a bad hair day - for the whole month of January. Janet Evanovich: Three to Get Deadly (USA 1997)

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