The Heist: A Novel Audiobook CD – Audiobook, Unabridged Author: Visit Amazon's Janet Evanovich Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0385366922 | Format: PDF
The Heist: A Novel Audiobook CD – Audiobook, Unabridged Description
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Evanovich has top billing here, but she gets some solid support from screenwriter and crime novelist Goldberg, whose own take on comedy and crime, evident in the wacky TV crime series Monk and books like My Gun Has Bullets (1995), matches Evanovich’s over-the-top style to a tee. Their first book in the new Fox and O’Hare series is a near-seamless demonstration of their talents. Readers will have no trouble recognizing hallmarks of Evanovich’s hugely popular Stephanie Plum books: a tough-talking gal heroine with a soft side; a sexy male costar; a wacky bunch of supporting characters; and plenty of flirty banter. The setup is ludicrous fun that demands total suspension of disbelief (no surprise there). Straitlaced FBI agent Kate O’Hare has devoted most of her career to catching internationally known confidence man, tricky Nick Fox. When she actually does it, she’s horrified to realize she doesn’t know what to do next. She doesn’t have long to think about it though, as Nick escapes, and when she finds him, he’s working for the FBI! His job: catch another con man who has made off with millions. After all, who better to catch a crook than another crook? Kate’s not quite sure, but she’s game to work alongside Nick, whose charms she finds difficult to deny. Together with help from new friends, the pair mounts an elaborate con that takes them from the American desert to an Indonesian island. With lots of face punching, international travel, and a few set-tos with modern-day pirates, it’s all good nonsense, which promises more of the same in future episodes. --Stephanie Zvirin
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The Heist is the perfect title to carry on a trip to the beach. The laugh out loud humor that readers expect from Evanovich is in full force, and Goldberg’s crafty and elaborate writing is prominent. . . . Everyone will be eager for the next book in the series.”
—Associated Press “The action is fast-paced and the writing is first-rate, making
The Heist an excellent choice for vacation reading.”
—Huntington News See all Editorial Reviews
- Series: Fox and O'Hare
- Audio CD
- Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (June 18, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385366922
- ISBN-13: 978-0385366922
- Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
FBI agent Kate O'Hare is the woman every woman would like to be; smart, independent, able to stay incredibly, effortlessly sexy and physically toned in spite of eating Oreo cookies and meatballs she picked off of her Kevlar vest, while she cooly makes a call for backup. Nick Fox, aptly named, is the ultimate sexy bad boy. This book picks up where the introductory teaser-short Pros and Cons, by the same authors, lets off. I held out hope for this book to be better than the teaser, and it is. I also have to say that the book was a refreshing change from the Stephanie Plum series. (which I stopped reading about six books ago, about two books after i felt it should have ended) It is nice to see some of the original Evanovich verve has returned with new characters since the once-fun Stephanie series..
This book is a collaboration between Monk author Lee Goldberg and Janet Evanovich. It turns out to be a lighthearted bit-of-the-same from these authors. I got exactly what I had expected from them. It reads like a TV cop show (hmmm, go figure). There was nothing about the writing that overly impressed me. There were no big ah-ha moments. I won't give any spoilers about the relationship, but suffice it to say that it is pretty predictable...but predictable in a kind of fun and comforting way. There were plenty of clever moments that made me smile a little. A couple of them made me laugh out loud.
I listened to this book on audible. Scott Brick did a very good job narrating. I was expecting a woman's voice to do the job, but it didn't matter and he did fine. The story was fun and interesting enough to keep me awake and alert on my wee-hours-of-the-morning road trip.
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