The women are opposites, but they both have charm in spades. Unlike Plum, who hangs out in New Jersey and keeps her gun in a cookie jar, Rose is a globe-trotting fashionista who expertly handles weapons. She’s written romance novels and adventure and mystery series, including the Fox and O’Hare and the Lizzy and Diesel books, and the wildly popular Stephanie Plum series (28 installments and counting), about a New Jersey bounty hunter with a tangled love life-and a weakness for junk food (just like Evanovich). “She’s my Indiana Jones.”Įvanovich’s books have sold more than 90 million copies, according to Atria, and have been translated into 40 languages. “I probably enjoyed writing this one more than any other,” Evanovich says of the book, which finds Gabriela traversing jungles in Peru and Costa Rica. It centers on Gabriela Rose, a treasure hunter for hire-and a descendant of the pirate Blackbeard-whose sexy ex-husband routinely complicates her life. She signed a four-book deal, said to be for eight figures, with Atria in 2020, and in March 2022 she’s releasing The Recovery Agent, the first book in a new series. It’s good.”Įvanovich, 78, has been making moves lately. “At this point I just follow my grandkids around the country,” she says. She moved from Florida to Chapel Hill to be closer to her daughter, Alex, and her grandson she also has a condo in Hawaii, where her son, Peter, and his children live. I’m not equipped for video.” The author is in her bedroom, surrounded by boxes, at a makeshift writing desk, her fluffy white dog at her feet. | Large print books.'I just bought a house in North Carolina and I have absolutely no furniture,” Janet Evanovich says via Zoom. | Plum, Stephanie (Fictitious character) - Fiction.ĭetective and mystery stories. Joe Morelli, the irresistible cop, is still around giving her the odd sleepless night, but now he faces tough competition from the enigmatic Ranger.īail bond agents - United States - Fiction.

The big-haired bounty hunter from Trenton, New Jersey, is back having developed an outstanding talent for flattening expensive black cars. And to cap it all off, Stephanie has nothing to wear to the Mafia wedding. Benito Ramirez is back from jail quoting scripture and vowing to introduce Stephanie to God, face-to-face. Meanwhile, a mysterious man called Bunchy is trailing Stephanie at every opportunity in the hope of tracking down Fred. The disappearance turns serious when Stephanie finds a photo of dismembered body parts in Fred's desk. Her Uncle Fred disappears and Grandma Mazur is covinced he's been abducted by aliens. Stephanie Plum has a whole lot of trouble at her doorstep.

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