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Ten Big Ones (Hardcover)

by Janet Evanovich (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Book Publishing; 3rd Edition edition (21 Jun 2004)
  • ISBN-10: 0755302486
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755302482
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 304,358 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The latest of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum adventures, Ten Big Ones places New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie in rather more jeopardy than usual. She has inconvenienced a local street gang and finds herself with a price on her head; the contract killer known as the Junkman has a taste for torture as well as murder, and she is the last victim on his list. As usual, she finds herself caught between her regular boyfriend, cop Morelli, and the dangerous and charming Ranger; as usual, the main plot goes on in the intervals between her regular rounds of catching up with bail defaulters and delivering them to court, and her involvement with her eccentric Hungarian and Italian relatives.

There are few surprises here--Janet Evanovich is good and funny on the subtle variations in New Jersey's suburbs and the differences between good and bad neighbourhoods, and she has always had the knack of constructing knockabout scenes of slapstick and farce. If at times she drifts towards the formulaic and stale, this is only really evident in retrospect. As one reads the book, she is as entertaining as always. --Roz Kaveney

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Stephanie Plum is the lone witness to a gang executed robbery and cop shooting. There's a contract issued for her head and a California-based killer looking to fill that contract. The tenth Stephanie Plum novel is filled with Evanovich's trademark high stakes, high adventure, high wit, and sly comedy.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A decent effort., 6 Jul 2004
Ten Big Ones, the tenth novel in the Stephanie Plum series , is yet another funny, action packed and fast paced ride on the wild side.Unfortunately Ten Big Ones does not measure up to earlier efforts by Janet Evanovich, and in my opinion it is too short and even though the ending is very interesting, it seemed awfully rushed to me.Ranger, the best character in the Plum novels, is not in the book for close to 150 pages whereas Lula and Stephanie are left to carry the story along.The villains are good and Morelli is coming on nicely but Ten Big Ones is not a great novel.Hard Eight, in my estimation the best Stephanie Plum novel to date has all the elements Ten Big Ones is lacking;Lots of Ranger, mysterious plotlines and not stupid forced laughs, bundles of Albert Kloughn and the characters each get a fair share of the narrative.Ten Big Ones is a funny, light read but isn't the best Plum novel.I hope Metro Girl, the new Evanovich franchise will be more exciting than Ten Big Ones...
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Plum!, 1 Jul 2004
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
(TOP 10 REVIEWER)      
This review is from: Ten Big Ones (Audio Cassette)
After finding "To the Nines" to be an almost perfect Plum, I was wondering how Ms. Evanovich could hope to match that wonderful book. You may recall that I found the mystery of "To the Nines" a little too easy to solve in the last 60 pages. I am delighted to report that Ms. Evanovich has written a perfect Plum this time. What an accomplishment!

To be this good, Ms. Evanovich must have gone back and examined every review she has ever received . . . and looked for ways to improve her writing.

Ten Big Ones has generous doses of all your favorite characters form the earlier books including Grandma Mazur, Lula, Morelli, Ranger, Connie, Valerie, Albert Kloughn, her Mom and Dad, and Sally Sweet . . . along with delightful cameos by such stalwarts as Vinnie Plum, the usual eye-rolling members of the Trenton PD, and Ranger's crew.

Ten Big Ones has more bounty hunts in it than ever before, and Stephanie plays a more complete role in trying to solve everyone's problems . . . not just bring in a felon for a body receipt.

Cars play a big role. There's romance. There's action. There's threat. There's family drama. It's marvelous!

Unlike other books in the series, you could begin with this one and still understand what is going on with few problems. The opening has a wonderful reintroduction of Stephanie and her life. But this book is so good, it will spoil you for the others. So please go back and start with One for the Money if you haven't read the others.

This book builds around being in the wrong place at the wrong time . . . and lets events develop from there.

Unlike many of the other books in the series, this one seems to have a more serious theme: What is the correct role for a single woman in a dangerous, demanding society? Stephanie craves the action, doesn't want to be "protected" too much . . . but does want to survive the experience. She's also torn in other ways, and the emotional development of her personality is quite interesting in this book.

But the humor is what I liked best about the book. The characterizations and descriptions are wonderful for adding to that humor.

I thought that the comic elements of the scenes were beautifully constructed. Each scene was more complex than I expected, and the complexity left a reward of a more detailed understanding of the characters as well as heartier laughs along the way. No one does comedy better!

As I finished the book, I realized that there's more than one way to get things done. But we do need to be persistent . . . so that eventually we get our man or woman!

I can hardly wait to see where Stephanie goes form here.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Perfect Plum!, 30 Jun 2004
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
(TOP 10 REVIEWER)      
After finding "To the Nines" to be an almost perfect Plum, I was wondering how Ms. Evanovich could hope to match that wonderful book. You may recall that I found the mystery of "To the Nines" a little too easy to solve in the last 60 pages. I am delighted to report that Ms. Evanovich has written a perfect Plum this time. What an accomplishment!

To be this good, Ms. Evanovich must have gone back and examined every review she has ever received . . . and looked for ways to improve her writing.

Ten Big Ones has generous doses of all your favorite characters form the earlier books including Grandma Mazur, Lula, Morelli, Ranger, Connie, Valerie, Albert Kloughn, her Mom and Dad, and Sally Sweet . . . along with delightful cameos by such stalwarts as Vinnie Plum, the usual eye-rolling members of the Trenton PD, and Ranger's crew.

Ten Big Ones has more bounty hunts in it than ever before, and Stephanie plays a more complete role in trying to solve everyone's problems . . . not just bring in a felon for a body receipt.

Cars play a big role. There's romance. There's action. There's threat. There's family drama. It's marvelous!

Unlike other books in the series, you could begin with this one and still understand what is going on with few problems. The opening has a wonderful reintroduction of Stephanie and her life. But this book is so good, it will spoil you for the others. So please go back and start with One for the Money if you haven't read the others.

This book builds around being in the wrong place at the wrong time . . . and lets events develop from there.

Unlike many of the other books in the series, this one seems to have a more serious theme: What is the correct role for a single woman in a dangerous, demanding society? Stephanie craves the action, doesn't want to be "protected" too much . . . but does want to survive the experience. She's also torn in other ways, and the emotional development of her personality is quite interesting in this book.

But the humor is what I liked best about the book. The characterizations and descriptions are wonderful for adding to that humor.

I thought that the comic elements of the scenes were beautifully constructed. Each scene was more complex than I expected, and the complexity left a reward of a more detailed understanding of the characters as well as heartier laughs along the way. No one does comedy better!

As I finished the book, I realized that there's more than one way to get things done. But we do need to be persistent . . . so that eventually we get our man or woman!

I can hardly wait to see where Stephanie goes form here.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best
This tenth installment of the Stephanie Plum novels is by far one of the best. Stephanie Plum, New Jersey's notorious bounty hunter and her sidekick LuLu are out to lunch when the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Valerie Jones

5.0 out of 5 stars a riot!!!
i love this series and since i havent read one in ages i had forgotten how funny stephanie plum books are!!! and this one doesnt disappoint!!! Read more
Published 24 months ago by Lindymck

3.0 out of 5 stars Stephanie Plum is beginning to bore me
Janet Evanovich is unrivalled in her chosen genre. There is no one quite like her protagonist, Stephanie Plum. There are in fact no characters like any of hers. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2007 by P.M. Wood

5.0 out of 5 stars As Good as the Early Novels
Book ten of Evanovich's hapless bounty hunter series does everything you expect of a Plum novel there is family dysfunction aplenty, madcap humour, romantic tension and poor... Read more
Published on 31 Jul 2005 by Scriber_scouse

3.0 out of 5 stars "Babe"
"Halfway through lathering with Ranger's shower gel I was barely able to focus. The scent seemed to swell around me ... and I was surrounded by Essence of Ranger... Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2005 by Joseph Haschka

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten Really Good Ones - and a few more to come!!
Wow, what a great read, just as good as the others, if not better than a couple from the series. Janet Evanovich is great, her characters are very well written, the story is... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2004 by Reedy

3.0 out of 5 stars Lacking Something.
Although "Ten Big Ones" is an entertaining enough light read, it is not nearly as good as the other books in the series. Read more
Published on 11 Aug 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Clasic Janet Evanevich
Another great book in ther series, keep them comming.
Published on 4 Aug 2004 by Mrs. Greta Nichols

3.0 out of 5 stars Lost its edge and it appears a decent ending!
No where near as good as the first nine books, perhaps its time for Stephanie Plum to hang up her gun for good! She seems to be heading that way living with Morelli. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2004 by Nell

4.0 out of 5 stars Plum good!!
I couldn't wait to read this book and overall I wasn't disappointed. I have to say it's not the best Stephanie Plum adventure, but it's right up there with the best of them. Read more
Published on 14 Jul 2004 by melodyshoes

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