- Hardcover: 400 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; First Edition / edition (2 May 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007176244
- ISBN-13: 978-0007176243
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 651,579 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
Praise 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.’ Marcel Berlins, 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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In the heat of Florida, Alex Barnaby, star of the hilarious ‘Metro Girl’,comes up against the irresistible hot racing driver and bad boy, Sam Hooker. Follow Alex’s antics and adventures in the brilliant high speed thriller, ‘Motor Mouth’.
A woman with a taste for speed and a talent for breaking the rules, Barney knows a little too much about cheating.First there was Hooker and that sales clerk, and now she's convinced that arch rival Huevo Motor Sports is up to no good on the track. Snooping to find evidence, Hooker, Barney and Beans, a 150-pound St Bernard hound, discover more than they bargained for – a shrink-wrapped body with a hole in its head. And the dead guy just happens to be Huevo's head honcho, Oscar. A number of competitors wanted him silenced, not to mention his long-suffering, surgically perfected wife, so who actually pulled the trigger?
Most likely the creep who dognaps Beans…
Barney, Hooker and the Super Cigar Ladies Felicia and Rosa shift into gear on a wild race around Florida and North Carolina to rescue Beans, outpace a pair of goons named Horse and Baldy…and expose a dirty cheater.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Despite the similarity between the Stephanie Plum novels and these; smart-mouthed girls, easy-going, sexy guys, mad-cap side-kicks and bodies piling up right, left and centre, the 'Metro Girl/Motor Mouth' universe is sufficiently different to make it a worth-while read. A little less developed than the Plum characters, Barney and Sam are easy to like and get on board with in the story. I have enjoyed both books, and this one has a more strongly developed, if highly implausiable, plot. If you're looking for something funny, light and easy for a summer's afternoon (or winter evening by the fire) this is the perfect antedote to real-life pressures.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
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.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
felt this was not as good as metro girl as i felt the plot was a bit silly like what u would see in a "b" movie. lots of bumbling around and silly antics. some fimilar faces from metro girl appear again to help barney and hooker, was relieved to find hooker has stopped refering to himself as NASCAR man this time around, pretentious much?.
silly plot, dog poop gags and gangsters all in all a fair read.
silly plot, dog poop gags and gangsters all in all a fair read.
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Fantastic
Loved this book, could not put it done until it was finished. Recommended it to anyone who loes the Plum novels.
Published 19 months ago by GEMMA
Great comedy
This is a great light-hearted screwball comedy. I'm not a fan of NASCAR, but that didn't really matter - you don't have to be a fan to enjoy this book. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Araminta
Fast and funny - but that's about it.
Silly, but funny - although I wouldn't call dog poop gags the height of wit. And why do none of the animals in Evanovich books eat a proper diet? Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2008 by Beebarf
Oh so much better
For those who - like me - were a bit disappointed with Metro Girl - please read Motor Mouth. The pace is quicker, all the characters were great and most importantly it made me... Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2006 by S. Gordon
Such A Fun Story!
I love Janet Evanovich's books! She is such a cool writer! Her stories always blow me away. This book is no different. Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2006 by Michelle Farmer
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