Takedown Twenty is the 20th installation in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. I have been reading these books for too many years to count and love all of them. They are laugh out loud brain candy of the finest kind. This 20th book in the series does not disappoint.
In Takedown Twenty, Stephanie is up against a Trenton mobster that is very well liked, Uncle Sunny. No one is giving him up even though he was charged with 2nd Degree Murder and skipped out on his court date. Stephanie has to bring him in, but can't get any leads because no one is talking. To make things more complicated, Uncle Sunny happens to be the godfather of her on again off again boyfriend, cop Joe Morelli, and the nephew of Joe's very scary Grandma Bella. In addition to Uncle Sunny, there is someone killing elderly women and leaving them in dumpsters. Ranger, Stephanie's mentor and sometimes employer, has hired her to help look into the mystery. She also has a few other skips to bring in, including a gangster who is wanted for murder.
Hijinks ensue with Grandma Bella cursing Stephanie, Grandma Mazur (Stephanie's wild grandmother) getting in on the action of the dumpster killings, bingo games, Stephanie and Lula working side by side, and Stephanie wondering of bounty hunting is the best career choice for her. This was another laugh out loud episode of Stephanie and her gang of cohorts.
I read Notorious Nineteen prior to opening Takedown Twenty because I always like to get back up to speed on the relationships and timeline before opening the new book. I finished these two books entirely too soon, as always. Time spent in Stephanie's world is always too short, and then we have to wait another year for the next installment.
Happy Reading!
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