I’m going to keep this brief, because I know sometimes posts about books that are second, third, or, as in this case, fifth in the series can get kind of tedious to all those who have not read the first few yet. All I will say before I get into things that may be slight spoiler territory is that I have had my ups and downs with this series (none of the books were awful, but some were definitely better than others), but this book was the best yet. The Stephanie Plum series is chick lit with a lovely blend of humor and mystery, and while this mystery in this book was rather so-so, the humor was top notch.

In this Stephanie Plum novel, she’s looking out for family. Her Uncle Fred has gone missing, and out of duty, Stephanie agrees to help look for him. In the meantime, she befriends an angry dwarf and sketchy bookie, wrecks several cars, gets hot and steamy with not one but two men, and finds herself in the middle of a shooting… three times. Altogether, this book was fast-paced and adventurous, although the mystery was a little lacking.

I physically laughed out loud in this book more than any other, but I was also able to guess the mystery about halfway through. You win some, you lose some. I would much rather read a hilarious book than one that kept me guessing, though, so I was extremely pleased with how this book turned out.