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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Really enjoyable and laugh out loud funny. Alex Barnaby is very similar to Stephanie Plum, but not quite as big a chicken. Some unbelievable parts, but fun and well done. (  )plunkinberry | Apr 30, 2009 |   alexandra barnaby,janet evanovich,mystery,nascar (  )akirla | Mar 31, 2009 | I love Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series and read every book as it comes out, so I decided to try out another one of her books. I found this one in the library and somehow made it through the whole thing (I was desperate and had nothing else to read). The characters are boring and lifeless and there are NO interesting side characters. Oh well, I'll just stick to the Stephanie Plum books from now on. (  )craneflat | Dec 9, 2008 | The trouble starts when Alexandra Barnaby, aka Barney, gets a phone call from her brother in Florida saying he's going to be out of touch for a while, that's abruptly cut off after a woman's scream. So naturally, she takes off for Florida to rescue him. Once she gets there, she runs into NASCAR driver Sam Hooker, aka NASCAR Guy, whose boat is missing, presumably taken by Barney's brother. They join forces to find the brother and the boat, NASCAR Guy flirting outrageously with Barney all the way. We run into the usual sidekicks, a shipwreck with missing gold, and a bit of international intrigue and danger. There are some laughs, as you'd expect from Evanovich, but quite a lot of the book is dated or doesn't quite ring true, from the Cuban Missile Crisis-related plot to the name of NASCAR Guy's boat, The Happy Hooker, to Barney's improbable wardrobe. When Metro Girl first came out, there was a lot of buzz about it, and the thing I remember most is that people were really irritated over the constant repetition of "NASCAR Guy." At the time, I was skeptical, and thought that was a really petty complaint, but I have to say, I see what they meant. ( )Darla | Nov 21, 2008 | A better title for this book would be 'Stephanie Plum in Miami'. Alexander Barnaby is a blond Stephanie Plum. They have similar type friends, love interests, mother issues. The only difference is back story: they both act and speak the same. And for a big Plum fan, I'm not complaining. This book isn't as good as the Plum series, but it is still fun. I'm going to go pick up Motor Mouth while I wait for Plum #15. ( )PollyWannaBook | Oct 16, 2008 | 0.062 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0060584009, Hardcover)Buckle your seat belts. Number one New York Times bestselling author, Janet Evanovich, is moving into the fast lane with Metro Girl, a thrilling, high-octane misadventure with high stakes, hot nights, cold-blooded murder, sunken treasure, a woman with a chassis built for speed, and one very good, very sexy NASCAR driver who’s along for the ride. "Wild" Bill Barnaby's dropped off the face of the earth and big sister Alex heads for Miami, Bill's last known sighting, on a harrowing hunt to save her brother ... and maybe the world. Truth is, Alex has been bailing her brother out of trouble since they were kids. Not that Bill's a bad sort. More that he acts first and thinks later. Unfortunately, this time around, Wild Bill will be Dead Bill if Alex doesn't find him in time. Alex blasts through the bars of South Beach and points her search to Key West and Cuba, laying waste to Miami hit men, dodging Palmetto bugs big enough to eat her alive, and putting the pedal to the metal with NASCAR driver Sam Hooker. Engaged in a deadly race, Wild Bill's "borrowed" Hooker's sixty-five foot Hatteras and sailed off into the sunset ... just when Hooker has plans for the boat. Hooker figures he'll attach himself to Alex and maybe run into Bill. Maybe Hooker can salvage what's left of his vacation. And maybe Hooker'll get lucky in love with Bill's sweetie pie sister. After all, Hooker is NASCAR Guy. And NASCAR Guy is good at revving a woman’s engine. The race to the finish is hot and hard, taking Alex and Hooker into international waters, exposing a plot to grab Cuban gold and a sinister relic of the Cuban missile crises. Creative cussing and sexual innuendo included. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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