- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Harper (6 Aug 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007176260
- ISBN-13: 978-0007808762
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 449,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for ‘Motor Mouth’:
‘Evanovich does funny as well as thrills and spills, so it’s smiles all the way to the chequered flag.’ Marie Claire
‘Alex Barnaby more than adequately fills [Stephanie Plum’s] shoes… the light-hearted narrative zips blithely along, full of jokes and comic asides, but backed up by a convincingly detailed backdrop.’ Observer
‘Fast, furious and sexy.’ Mirror
Reviews for ‘Metro Girl’:
‘Always a delight… very enjoyable… the humour is irresistible. One can only look forward to the next Metro Girl adventure in the – fairly certain – knowledge that it will be as good as this one.’ The Times
‘Good fun.’ Sunday Telegraph
‘This latest won’t disappoint… the jokes are great and the dialogue is as tight and honed as a South Beach sunbather’s buns… sizzles along.’ Marie Claire
‘This book has fast-lane fun written all over it… ‘Metro Girl’ is so full of innuendo and sexy sunshine, you’ll forget it’s cold and miserable outside.’ Cosmopolitan
Praise for Janet Evanovich:
‘Hilarious reading, with a gorgeous fistful of believable and only occasionally murderous eccentrics.’ Mail on Sunday
‘Evanovich’s comic surrealism is in the same league as Carl Hiaasen’s.’ The Times
‘Janet Evanovich’s name raises expectations of a laughaloud story… an entertaining frolic.’ Sunday Telegraph
‘Punchy, saucy and stacks of fun.’ Mirror
‘The pace never flags, the humour is grandly surreal and the dialogue fairly sizzles off the page.’ Irish Times
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Alexandra 'Barney' Barnaby and race driver Sam Hooker are back in a new bestseller from the creator of Stephanie Plum.
It's a multi-car pile-up of crime, sex, property damage and lip-gloss.
Barney and Hooker. A double act that strikes fear into the heart of, well, just about anybody with a pulse.
Alexandra 'Barney' Barnaby, aka 'Motor Mouth', works – and plays – with top race-car driver Sam Hooker. Together, they're caught up in a wild race around Florida and North Carolina after their 150-pound St Bernard, Beans.
He's been dog-napped by the same guy they suspect of killing one of Hooker's cheating rivals. Now, one stolen eighteen-wheeler later, it's action and love in the fast-lane all the way…
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I enjoyed this book, its a great one if you fancy a quick read. Its got humour, a little action janet evanovich style and sparks between Barnaby and Hooker everywhere.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
If you didn't like Metro Girl, you probably won't like Motor Mouth any better. Metro Girl had a very slow beginning. Motor Mouth is non-stop action . . . but it's pretty much the same gags over and over and over and over and over (you get the idea). The humor is aimed at what would thrill the average 12 year old boy (risqué talk, moderate groping, a St. Bernard knocking over people, dog elimination, and unending, silly hero worship). Unlike Metro Girl, this story is deeply steeped in NASCAR in a way that will appeal to fans of that sport. If you're not a NASCAR fan, you will think this is a two-star book.
If you liked Metro Girl, you'll probably find Motor Mouth to be a pleasant encore.
There is a plot hidden among the pratfalls and one-liners. Barney and Sam Hooker want to save one of Barney's fellow spotters from the bad guys. The rescue goes awry . . . and things go humorously downhill from there. In the course of their rescue attempts, Barney stumbles onto a plot involving a sophisticated technology. Before the story ends, bodies are piling up and women prove their superiority in smarts and toughness to men.
If you compare Barney to Stephanie Plum, you'll like this book even less than I did.
I'm not sure I'll bother to read another book in this series. Although the premise is interesting (sexy, smart, competent woman engineer attracts sexy, macho NASCAR driver) the execution generally reminds me of Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. Since Jim Carrey isn't starring in the Barney role, Motor Mouth didn't work very well for me.
My wife, who hadn't read Metro Girl, thought it was a quick, fun read. From that reaction, I suspect opinions will widely vary on this book.
If you liked Metro Girl, you'll probably find Motor Mouth to be a pleasant encore.
There is a plot hidden among the pratfalls and one-liners. Barney and Sam Hooker want to save one of Barney's fellow spotters from the bad guys. The rescue goes awry . . . and things go humorously downhill from there. In the course of their rescue attempts, Barney stumbles onto a plot involving a sophisticated technology. Before the story ends, bodies are piling up and women prove their superiority in smarts and toughness to men.
If you compare Barney to Stephanie Plum, you'll like this book even less than I did.
I'm not sure I'll bother to read another book in this series. Although the premise is interesting (sexy, smart, competent woman engineer attracts sexy, macho NASCAR driver) the execution generally reminds me of Ace Ventura, Pet Detective. Since Jim Carrey isn't starring in the Barney role, Motor Mouth didn't work very well for me.
My wife, who hadn't read Metro Girl, thought it was a quick, fun read. From that reaction, I suspect opinions will widely vary on this book.
Format:Paperback
I bought this book because i'd read one of the stephanie plum books and loved it but i wanted to read a series from the beginning so picked up this book and metro girl.
I would recommend motor mouth over metro girl - straight into the implausible action which is typical of Evanovich's books and that's why they're great!
I think that if you've read all the Stephanie Plum books you won't be disappointed by this book.
I would recommend motor mouth over metro girl - straight into the implausible action which is typical of Evanovich's books and that's why they're great!
I think that if you've read all the Stephanie Plum books you won't be disappointed by this book.
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