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Christmas in bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's world isn't quite like Christmas in Whoville. With only four days to go before December 25, she doesn't have a decorated tree in her apartment or any presents bought. Plus she's chasing an elusive bail-jumper named Sandy Claws; a hunky guy named Diesel is literally popping in and out of her apartment; and a mob of manic elves is threatening to assault her with cookies. The end result is that Stephanie is feeling a tad stressed over the holiday season. Life isn't any calmer over at her parents' home in the Burg, where Grandma Mazur is dating a new octogenarian stud muffin; sister Valerie is wailing over some unwelcome news; and Stephanie's mother is coping by belting back tumblers of Red Roses in the kitchen. Just where is the elusive Mr. Claws hiding, and why? What's causing the power blackouts all over Trenton? And what about the mysterious villain, Mr. Ring? Is all of this real, or is Stephanie just having a very bad dream?
Janet Evanovich's mysteries are eagerly awaited by fans everywhere and this holiday installment won't disappoint. With a returning cast of entertaining, quirky characters and a rock-solid setting in New Jersey wrapped around an intriguing mystery, Evanovich delivers yet another hilarious adventure featuring irrepressible bounty hunter Stephanie Plum. --Lois Faye Dyer --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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A sugar plum for Christmas, indeed! Stephanie Plum, Evanovich's delightfully zany New Jersey bounty hunter, is the star of this too short but hilarious holiday romp. Grousing about the approaching Yule is something many of us can relate to and wishing for a helpful angel might strike a chord with some. But it takes a special imagination to conjure the handsome, if sort of grungy young stranger, Diesel, who magically pops into Stephanie's kitchen one morning just four days before December 25. Diesel joins Stephanie in her hunt for a bail skipper, Sandy Claws ("It was probably Klaus and got screwed up at Ellis Island"), though in fact he's after another target entirely and Stephanie's skipper is a means to that end. In addition to trying to catch Sandy Claws, Stephanie has to get ready for Christmas-which gives Diesel the opportunity to meet her unconventional family. "I'm always knocked out," he observes, "by the way a family can be at the upper end of dysfunction and insanity and still work so well as a unit." When that family includes a pistol-packing grandma, a niece who thinks she's a palomino and a sister on the verge of crisis, that's quite a statement. Throw in some elves, a mad hunt for a Christmas tree and a few fires and you have a Plum-crazy Christmas classic.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Visions of Sugar Plums,
By Ann E. Zelonis "enthusiastic reader" (Warminster, PA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Visions of Sugar Plums: A Stephanie Plum Holiday Novel (Hardcover)
Not the usual Evanovich quality. Too much fantasy. No enough of Granny. Too, too, too short.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Is it wise to change genres in mid-character?,
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This review is from: Visions of Sugar Plums: A Stephanie Plum Holiday Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
Generally, not, and this unexceptional and slightly muddled story proves that point. I picked it up expected "detective story" meets "Christmas fun" and, although I kept turning the pages, it was with the depressing sense of urgency simply to knock off the book so that I could return to the hunt for something more along the lines of what I'd expected to find here. Still, the characters are fun and some of the situations are pretty funny. The story, which will wear best for habitués of Plum-world, almost hits and, even in its wide miss, offers some entertainment.
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Good Read,
By Book Worm (Moncton, NB Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Visions of Sugar Plums: A Stephanie Plum Holiday Novel (Mass Market Paperback)
All of the between the numbers books are a little out there, but if you can get over that then they're very entertaining. Visions of Sugar plums was my least favorite of them all, but still just as good as the regular series.
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