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Stephanie Plum --- New Jersey's accident-prone version of a Canadian Mountie --- is
back on the case. Mo Bedemier, Trenton's most popular citizen, is a court appearance
no-show after he is arrested for carrying a concealed weapon. Affectionately known as
Uncle Mo to his friends and the neighborhood kids, he may be in big trouble as Stephanie
discovers his clandestine life as an anti-drug vigilante. Nobody in Trenton wants to see
him put behind bars, and Stephanie is on the verge of being voted Trenton's most unpopular
bounty hunter.
As the search narrows, Stephanie suddenly notes that a lot of known drug dealers have left
town, gone into hiding or are ending up dead --- and she winds up unconscious next to the
body of one of them. With a full house of threatening, ominous characters and Stephanie's
growing gang of misfit helpers, including her old nemesis, Joe Morelli, THREE TO GET
DEADLY may be the funniest of the first three detective hits.
The whole gang is back, Lulu, Grandma Mazur, Ranger, Stephanie's long-suffering father and
doting mother, the odious 1953 Buick --- and Trenton cop, Joe Morelli. Former deflowerer
of her maidenly charms, he's Stephanie's first perp. From perp, to partner in detection,
to bane of her existence, with the unlikely hint of romance in the air, Morelli was, is,
and will be a source of aggravation and surprise in future Stephanie Plum
adventures.
Following the success of THREE TO GET DEADLY, Evanovich ran a contest among her growing
list of fans to name the next book. The choice was FOUR TO SCORE, perhaps a hint from her
readers for Steph and Joe to "do the deed." We leave it to you to decide what
that title means.
--- Reviewed by Roz Shea
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