Hard Eight Keeps up Evanovich’s standards for over-the-top situations-Chicago Tribune. [A] must read…readers will want to finish this delightful work in one sitting.
–Midwest Book Review. Offers the best action yet.
-Newark Star-Ledger. The girl mercenary is as fresh as ever.
-People. Hard Eight is most emphatically not Raymond Chandler but, like his work, a piece of finely crafted prose.
-San Francisco Chronicle. Plum is one of fiction’s most irresistible heroines.
-Seattle Post Intelligencer. Evanovich has certainly come a long way since One for the Money; her latest Stephanie Plum mystery merits a one-day national laydown on June 18.–Library Journal. Well plotted and cleverly resolved…her wickedly funny characterizations and the intriguing love triangle are what keep her readers coming back for more.
-Bookpage. As close to summer escapism as you can get. Evanovich hits a high note with her newest…a great addition to a well-stocked beach bag.
-Houston Chronicle. A perfect summer vacation book…promises fun, laughter, and unforgettable characters…Evanovich delivers.
-Tennessean (Nashville, TN). Thrills mixed with lust, seasoned with humor: a delightful escape.
-News & Record (Greensboro, NC). Evanovich produces more than beach reading. She writes rollicking, raunchy, hysterical fiction that is so real, you will laugh out loud and want to visit the Burg.
-Rockwall County News. Just when you think the adventures of Plum and company can’t get any funnier or more convoluted, Janet Evanovich proves you wrong-nobody does it better!-Romantic Times. Seven Up. A madcap comic mystery-Jersey-girl style.
-The New York Times. Expect a laugh per page…Bottom line: Plum Pick.
-People. If you like your summer reads hot and sassy, try Seven Up.
-Boston Herald. Evanovich is the crown princess of detective fiction…Seven Up is brassy, comical, and light-hearted.
-Bookpage. Seven Up is funny, sexy, scary.
-Booklist. Edgy romance triangle, the loopy family relationships, or the bounty-hunting jobs that skate between absurdity and genuine tension.
-Denver Post. An adventurous, amusing ride…billed as a crime novel, it has the requisite intrigue and chase scenes, but is also seasoned with humor.
-Oakland Press (Pontiac, MI). [A] fast, funny, and first-rate tale.
-Ft. Myers News Press. Romantic and laugh-out-loud funny, this caper is the perfect summer antidote to serious reading.
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The dialogue’s snappy…the pace is quick…Evanovich’s great gift is an ability to create situations zany enough to provoke bursts of laughter.
-Philadelphia Inquirer. Marked by wise-cracking humor, eccentric characters, and a gritty urban New Jersey setting…Evanovich’s ‘Stephanie Plum’ series attracts an ever-increasing number of fans with each book.
-Library Journal. Loads of fun…with laughs on every page.
-USA Today. Evanovich continues…her successful formula…[she] provides a beginning that illustrates all that is right with this series and an ending that ties the story together, gives us a dose of reality, and leaves us with a cliffhanger.
-Chicago Tribune.