Motor Mouth
By Janet Evanovich
pgs: 312
The sequel to Metro Girl!! This tale involves the main characters of Metro Girl the Nascar driver Sam Hooker and the new member of his team and ex-girlfriend Barney. The tale immediately begins when Barney receives a phone call from a fellow spotter Gobbles. He has unfortunately locked himself in another team’s car transporter and he fears imminent death if he is not rescued. Hooker and Barney decide that the only way they can free Gobbles is if they steal the transporter. Unfortunately, when they free Gobbles, they also discover a dead body and before they know it, they are linked to murder and theft. The story continues from here in the usual pandemonium and mystery that has made Evanovich famous today. I was rather disappointed that Evanovich did not bring back some of her interesting and uniquely created minor characters from the previous story like Judey, Maria and Barney’s brother. I looked forward to hearing from them again and was disappointed when they were not even mentioned. I thought this was a hole in her plot because the story does take place in Miami and these people are located there. However, Evanovich does introduce Beans who is more dog than anyone wants as well as a multitude of bad guys and semi-bad guys to distract us from the missing characters. This is a really engaging story that is a wonderful example of popular fiction and it is an easy read. Great for all the people who want to read something light but entertaining!!