Plum Spooky - Janet Evanovich

I have heard so many good things about these books over the years and often picked one up to read the back, but never made the step to buying. Anyway Headline were kind enough to let me have a copy of "Plum Spooky" one of the between the numbers novels.

First of all, and yeah I am so shallow, I am totally in love with the cover, it's blue & purple and shiny and the text is raised. Gorgeous. Just a pretty thing to own.

I didn't really know what to expect and I knew I was coming in late in the series so was concerned I wouldn't be able to follow who is who and what's going on. I needn't have worried. Evanovich did a great job of feeding in just enough information on everyone to keep you up to speed. As for what to expect, well I would never have imagined this. The word "screwball" turns up in the blurb and it's bang on. Plum is utterly adorable and almost completely useless. She gets points for effort though. The tone is in many ways reminiscent of the old black and white screwball comedy movies withe plenty of craziness. The plot is entertaining and a bit silly but no less entertaining and effective for that, the characters are, maybe not the deepest ever but very like able and easy to care about or loathe.

Of course you know what this means right? I am going to have to go back and start a series where just the number books are already up to fifteen. *sigh* It's a hard life.