Hot Six

Product Information

Evanovich spins all these threads, plus more, into a lunatic tapestry of nonstop action peopled by wacky characters straight out of a 1930s screwball comedy: Steph's Grandma Mazur, 80 years old, with the world view of a teenage punk; Mooner and Dougie, two lovable but zonked-out stolen goods dealers who have a closeout sale before going to jail; Habib and Mitchell, mobsters who follow Steph when Mitchell's wife doesn't need the car for kids' soccer games; and Steph's co-worker and pal, Lula, a gun-toting ex-prostitute always ready for an adventure. Mooner and Dougie provided a lot of comic relief but it got tired after a while (although the Trekker in me appreciated Dougie’s attempt at a Trek convention). I was driving a six-year-old blue Honda Civic that was perfectly good transportation but didn't enhance my fantasy life.

She gamely throws herself into the dramatic ‘bits' along the way, playing out the dialogue scenes with relish. And she wondered if Tootie Greenberg could make one of those poppyseed cakes like she did for Moses Schultz. Determination and contacts (she's grown up with half the cops and crooks in Trenton) compensate for Steph's poor aim with a gun, bad luck with cars and soft-hearted approach to her job (one bail jumper evades her four times). With high-spirited sidekicks like the bizarre Grandma Mazur and ex-hooker Lula, it's easy to see why Stephanie's fan base grows every day. Stolle says she is to act as the bait for Ranger, but she escapes through the window of the warehouse room they lock her in.After this guy ran over the victim, who just happened to be his ex-wife, he beat her with a tire iron, raped her, and tried to set her on fire.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Grandma Mazur gets a lot of page time in this book and I love that nutty old bird just as much, you can definitely tell which side of the family Stephanie takes after. Though famous for its Nurburgring lap record of 7:47, the joy of the Clubsport S was how much fun it was on the road as well, more feelsome and interactive than a GTI without sacrificing (much) usability.

People have speculated for years that Ranger has tics to Ramos, but the exact nature of those ties has always been unknown. Actress Mazar (Goodfellas) has just the right sassy streetwise accent to fit the first-person voice of Evanovich's hero, Stephanie Plum. We probably didn’t realise it back then, but the early 2000s really were a great period for the humble hot hatch.