Item: Wicked Business
Rating: 3.00
Author: wyvernfriend

by Janet Evanovich

The hardcover edition of Wicked Business contains Plum & Wicked stickers inside!

Janet Evanovich, mega-bestselling author of the beloved Stephanie Plum series, is back and better than ever. Her novels, hailed by GQ as “among the great joys of contemporary crime fiction,” deliver rollicking adventure with crackling wit and hilarious mayhem. And, now, one of the hottest writers today returns with dynamic duo Lizzy and Diesel to prove that when hunting down bad guys, the real fun is in the chase.

When Harvard University English professor and dyed-in-the-wool romantic Gilbert Reedy is mysteriously murdered and thrown off his fourth-floor balcony, Lizzy and Diesel take up his twenty-year quest for the Luxuria Stone, an ancient relic believed by some to be infused with the power of lust. Following clues contained in a cryptic nineteenth-century book of sonnets, Lizzy and Diesel tear through Boston catacombs, government buildings, and multimillion-dollar residences, leaving a trail of robbed graves, public disturbances, and spontaneous seduction.

Janet Evanovich does it again and gives us another exciting un-put-down-able read that is striking a chord with readers everywhere!

Now my opinion of this one is probably coloured quite a bit by the fact that this is the first book in the series that I've read. The reason for some of the sexual tension in the book is a bit lame, if our two heroes have sex one of them (semi-randomly) will lose all power. So what do our heroes do? They sleep in the same bed. That plan has longevity going for it.

The two are searching for a stone of lust, following a path of getting stones related to the seven deadly sins. While I enjoyed it, there were times the story seemed to revolve around "get characters into trouble and whacky hi-jinks ensue" and that was the first phrase that came to mind when I thought about this review "wacky hi-jinks ensue" it felt a little forced occasionally and somewhat repeditive. I didn't regreat reading it but honestly, it pushed my very liberal suspension of disbelief. Some of the characters came across as unbelievable (and I read a lot of urban fantasy but Hatchet was pathetic and I kinda half-expected Wulf to start twirling moustaches...) and just a bit off. A library read and I did find it diverting but I'm not rushing out to get the next book in the series, if book 1 hadn't been available in the library I wouldn't have been heartbroken to just leave it there

Wicked Business (Lizzy and Diesel, #2)

by Janet Evanovich

Reviewed by wyvernfriend on Jul 18, 2012

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