Metro Girl (Alex Barnaby Series #1)

by Janet Evanovich

Overview

A spectacular new novel, complete with high stakes, hot nights, murder and graft—not to mention car chases, car races, car explosions, and car—well, you get the idea

Alexandra Barnaby got the brains in her family. The little gray cells certainly bypassed Barney’s younger brother, Wild Bill. Now Bill’s missing, so Barney is dispatched to Florida in the middle of summer with the bugs and the heat and the bad-hair-day humidity. Barney’s thinking things can’t get too much worse as she makes the rounds of South Beach, unemployed and sunburned, following her brother’s trail of broken-hearted bimbos.

Too bad for Barney—she’s wrong about the getting worse part. Enter Sam Hooker. Somebody’s stolen his boat and the trail leads to—you guessed it—Wild Bill. Hooker decides to follow Barney and see if she can lead him to his boat.

In the world of Evanovich, Sam Hooker and Alexandra Barnaby, in their quest to reclaim what’s theirs, blast through Florida from Daytona straight on to Key West, exposing a plot to grab Cuban land and to lay waste the people involved. Cussing and tasteless sexual innuendo included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780060584023
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	09/27/2005
Series:	Alex Barnaby Series , #1
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	221,921
Product dimensions:	4.19(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.96(d)
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Bestselling author Janet Evanovich is the winner of the New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award and multiple Romantic Times awards, including Lifetime Achievement. She is also a long-standing member of RWA.

Hometown:

Hanover, New Hampshire

Date of Birth:

April 22, 1943

Place of Birth:

South River, New Jersey

Education:

B.A., Douglass College, 1965

Website:

http://www.evanovich.com

Editorial Reviews

A spunky heroine....cheery.

New York Times

A fast, crisp book.

Detroit Free Press

The characters are breezy and spontaneous....Evanovich’s story has attitude.

Columbus Dispatch

Clever, fast-paced.

Tampa Tribune

A lot of fun.

Newhouse News Service

Moves at a breezy pace, engaging the reader...fun in the Florida fast lane.

Boston Globe

Screwball entertainment.

Arizona Republic

Sheer comic ingenuity.

Washington Post

A rib-splitting debut.

Orlando Sentinel

This is a bright and breezy book, and a welcome change for Evanovich fans.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Clever, approachable characters.

Kansas City Star

Cracking fun.” — Reviewingtheedvidence.com

“A fast, crisp book.” — Detroit Free Press

“A mysterious romp involving cold-blooded murder and a sexy NASCAR driver.” — Miami New Times

“Clever, approachable characters.” — Kansas City Star

“A spunky heroine....cheery.” — New York Times

“The characters are breezy and spontaneous....Evanovich’s story has attitude.” — Columbus Dispatch

“The action is lickety-split” — Tulsa World

“Barney is Baltimore’s echo of Robert Parker....it’s all about hanging out with Metro Girl and NASCAR Guy.” — Publishers Weekly

“Breezy.” — Pittsburgh Tribune

“Clever, fast-paced.” — Tampa Tribune

“Screwball entertainment.” — Arizona Republic

“A lot of fun.” — Newhouse News Service

“A quirky, fast-paced thriller.” — Raleigh News & Observer

“A rib-splitting debut.” — Orlando Sentinel

“This is a bright and breezy book, and a welcome change for Evanovich fans.” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Sheer comic ingenuity.” — Washington Post

“Moves at a breezy pace, engaging the reader...fun in the Florida fast lane.” — Boston Globe

From the Publisher

A mysterious romp involving cold-blooded murder and a sexy NASCAR driver.

Miami New Times

Breezy.

Pittsburgh Tribune

Cracking fun.

Reviewingtheedvidence.com

The action is lickety-split

Tulsa World

Clever, approachable characters.

Kansas City Star

A quirky, fast-paced thriller.

Raleigh News & Observer

Sheer comic ingenuity.

Washington Post

A rib-splitting debut.

Orlando Sentinel

Meet Alexandra Barnaby, a brown-belt insurance clerk from Baltimore who is Evanovich's newest sleuth. Other wacky characters include Alex’s missing brother, Wild Bill; a schnauzer addicted to spice cookies; an exiled Cuban warlord; thugs with slicked back hair dressed all in black in the sweltering Florida sun; a NASCAR driver; and Felicia, a gun-toting, cigar-rolling Cuban refugee who shoots villains and then worries about the luminosity of her skin. C.J. Critt's narration adds the spice to these quirky characters, making them unforgettable and paving the way for a new series. Her inflections add sizzle to the romance and groans to the silly quips. K.A.T. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

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