Small town fire chief Jim Swope has a problem, his troops are coming up brain-dead and he might have the same problem. A little confusing and far-fetched, great chapter headings.
A group of mountain bikers (three are firemen) encounter jealousy, death, murder, fire, and lactic-acid overload. Not in that order. Very exciting story.
P.I. Thomas Black has to locate the "dream women" of four businessmen.
QUOTE:
"Three against two," Kathy said. "You forgot the clown."
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She stared at me quizzically. "Well?" "Huh?" I asked. "Aren't you going to say something nice?" I thought carefully, but the best I could manage was, "They're real big."
Stephanie Plum looks for her missing uncle Fred and finds out why the garbage isn't being picked up.
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Grandma stared at my chest. "You look different. Are you wearing one of them sports brassieres?" She look more closely. "Hot dog, I know what it is. You're wearing a bulletproof vest. Ellen, look at the," she said to my mother. "Stephanie's wearing a bulletproof vest. Isn't that something?" My mother's face had turned white. "Why me?" she said.
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum in her sixth outing helps her buddy Ranger nail a gun runner.
SMOKE QUOTE:
Sometimes I envy people who smoke. They always look so happy when they suck that first lungful of tar. I can't think of many things that make me that happy. Maybe birthday cake. [pg. 137].
Finally I am reading a book with very little violence and sex... whoops, spoke too soon!! Very little violence, anyway, compared to my usual books! This is a "chick" book, I think. No guy would ponder the motivation behind an act of fellatio! Anyway, except for the one long, boring sex act description (and one short one), and the totally unbelievable ending, it was a very good story. Somebody ought to make a movie out of it...