Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich

Title:  Hardcore Twenty-Four

Author: Janet Evanovich

Read by:  Lorelei King

Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio

Length: Approximately 6 hours and 10 minutes

Source: Overdrive through the Kewaunee Public Library.  Thank-you!

Janet Evanovich’s novels are my go-to novels for light comedy entertainment.  I strictly listen to the audiobook versions of her novels now as Lorelei King is the best audiobook narrator in the business.  Her characters are lively and entertaining in themselves.  Together with Evanovich’s unique and hilarious characters – it’s a great combination.  My husband heard me listening to this audiobook and was amazed it was the same voice actor doing all of the voices.

Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter who works in Trenton, New Jersey, with her friend Lula.  Her first bounty is Simon Diggery, a local grave robber.  He allows her take him in if she cares for his pet boa constrictor, Ethel.  While caring for Ethel and trying to track down other bounties, Stephanie discovers that there is a mysterious rash of zombies in town that seems related to corpses suddenly losing their heads.  Who is taking the corpse heads?  Who are the zombies?  Will Stephanie choose between boyfriend Joe, love interest Ranger, and a third hot mysterious guy, Diesel?

Hardcore Twenty-Four was entertaining and truthfully it reminded me of a Scooby-Do mystery where you have to find out what is really causing zombies to appear in town.  I was still sad that Stephanie still has not made any forward growth and is still unable to decide between her men.  Stephanie keeps saying she is average looking, but she must be more than that with all of them chasing her.  It’s getting distressing that she seems to be dating Joe, but has no problem sleeping with Ranger once in a while.

Overall, Hardcore Twenty-Four is an entertaining humorous book that you can’t really think too much about.   It fulfilled it’s purpose to keep my mind off of current events.