Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich

Title:  Turbo Twenty-Three

Author: Janet Evanovich

Read by:  Lorelei King

Publisher: Random House Audio

Length: Approximately 6 hours and 13 minutes (5 CDs)

Source: Kewaunee Public Library.  Thank-you!

Larry Virgil skipped out on a court case after being arrested for hijacking a semi-truck full of bourbon.  His next attempt is to hijack a freezer truck full of Bogart ice cream.   He is thwarted by bounty hunter Stephanie Plum and her partner Lula.  They are shocked to find a dead man frozen as a Bogart Bar in the back of the truck.  This threatens to change the ladies love of the ice cream bar forever. 

With the help of her cop boyfriend Joe Morelli and the mysterious bounty hunter/security guru Ranger, Stephanie works on hunting down bounties and trying to solve the Bogart Bar mystery.  Ranger is doing security at Bogart ice cream and at a rival company across town.  He uses Stephanie as an undercover worker in the factories to try to determine who would have a beef with Bogart.  Side characters also have stories of their own.  Lula is making a “Naked and Afraid” audition tape with Randy Briggs while Grandma Mazur has a new boyfriend who owns a motorcycle.

Turbo Twenty-Three is an entertaining novel.  Being in the depths of winter, I need a book to cheer me up!  I still am annoyed by Stephanie’s love life.  I thought she was making some progress in this book by deciding to move on to a relationship with Ranger, but then after sleeping with Ranger she keeps on dating Joe.  I was disturbed by this.  A love triangle where you sleep with both men is a little much.

Lorelei King is the best audiobook narrator in the business.  She has great unique voices for each character in the audiobook.  She makes the Stephanie Plum audiobooks for me.  I am entertained by her rendition.  It makes me laugh out loud.

Overall, Turbo Twenty-Three is a light humorous book with a great audiobook narrator.