BOOK REVIEW

Plum lucky by Janet Evanovich

In ten words or less: Grandma gambles with mobster’s money; gets taken hostage.

Review: When Stephanie Plum’s Grandma Mazur disappears, Stephanie figures she’s gone off to where all senior citizens wind up eventually—a casino in Atlantic City. Grandma stumbled across a sack of money—okay, maybe she wrestled it away from a little man in green pants who is convinced he is a leprechaun.
Stephanie brings along a couple of her co-workers from the bail bonds office—Connie, who brings an arsenal of weapons along, and the plus-size Lula, resplendent in spandex. Turns out Grandma (and a horse named Doug) have been taken hostage by a wiseguy, and Stephanie and her gang join forces with the mysterious yet oh-so hunky Diesel to come to the rescue.
Why bother? For readers who like their heroines sassy, the plots wacky, and the sidekicks weird beyond belief.