High Five
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- ISBN13: 9780312971342
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
In her fifth high-octane thriller, gift hunter Stephanie Plum sets out to find her missing uncle– and along the way smacks slam-bang into: a dead body, a grave bookie, her stun-gun-toting grandmother, two very sexy men, an mad small man who won’t place her apartment, and a Mafia wedding…
Jersey’s favorite gift hunter has never been better! With high hair, street smarts and plenty of attitude, Steph’s sure to nail this case– or risk life and spandex-clad limb trying…
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.
A People Magazine Beach Book of the Week.
Amazon.com Review
“Uncle Fred was a name I saw at weddings and funerals and once in a while at Giovichinni’s Meat Market, ordering a quarter pound of lime loaf. Eddie Such, the butcher, would have the lime loaf on the scale and Uncle Fred would say, ‘You’ve got the lime loaf on a piece of waxed paper. How much does that piece of waxed paper weigh? You’re not gonna charge me for that waxed paper, are you? I want some money off for the waxed paper.’”
The speaker is Stephanie Plum, the glamorous if slightly ditzy gift hunter from Trenton, New Jersey, and one of the most original creations in recent mystery fiction.
In this fifth entry in Janet Evanovich’s increasingly well loved series, Stephanie’s problems are many and varied. She’s not building enough money alternative up FTAs (Failures to Appear) for her cousin Vinnie, of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds; her red-hot like affair with Detective Joe Morelli has cooled off; and her giant extended family tree is no help at all. For instance, Uncle Fred the cheapskate has disappeared, leaving behind some suspicious photographs of body parts in garbage bags and links to some really treacherous people.
When Stephanie turns to her friend and mentor, Ranger, for financial advice, he gets her involved in a gang of toughs doing instant evictions for landlords. (She complains to Ranger about the job and its dangers, prompting one of the hired thug to say, “Man, you don’t like to get shot. You don’t like to get arrested. You don’t know how to have fun at all.”)
Most of Stephanie’s charm, of course, comes from her attitude–a combination of the brazen bravado that turns a failed lingerie model into a gift hunter in the first place and the normal fears of a person in over her head.
Additional Plums in paperback, by the numbers: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly, and Four to Score. –Dick Adler
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A couple of acquaintances recommended Stephanie Plum and Evanovich to me for humourous reading. It was a waste for me. They are many “fun” books out there with decent language to take up my spare time.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
As advertised, a fun book with a few laughs. Evanovich makes some memorable characters, especially Briggs. The mystery part is missing, but. Well, I guess that part is incidental. I won’t spoil it for anyone, but when all is said and done, it is pretty flimsy. I like Stephanie Plum and I will read the next in the series eventually.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
In this fifth high-octane thriller, gift hunter Stephanie Plum sets out to find her missing unle-and along the way smacks right into: a dead body, a grave bookie named Bunchy, and her stun-gun eccentric Grandma Mazur. On top of everything else, there’s this small midget of a guy who is mad and won’t place Stephanie’s apartment no matter what. Then not to mention, Ramirez, the very treacherous man who is a killer and rapist is out of jail on parole! So Stephanie has all these problems to work with at once.
And there is Mr. Shempsky, the hot-shot banker, who seems so innocent. But wait until Stephanie finds out he knows more than he lets on , and it could be treacherous!!
Very entertaining and fun to read!!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
Before all Evanovich fans blast me double barrels, please note: This refers to the audio CD, abridged version of High Five.
It was my first J.E. novel & I thought would be the last. Having read many customer reviews, I might have to try reading one as a replacement for of listening.
I establish the tale to be limp & reasonably elementary. Chief problem: the AUDIO CD reader whose lisp is most annoying. It sounds as though she’s auditioning for a part in a high school play…one she won’t get. Or auditioning for the role of “Thindy” Brady of Brady Bunch fame…a part she’s destined to play. Is there something poignant about the selection of this particular reader? She does Evanovich no justice.
The tale starts with a missing uncle report…main character “Stephanie’s” missing uncle, that is. Oddly, no one reports that he’s missing for 2 days & none seem very concerned about his disappearance. I establish it extremely odd that the family tree would chat about his absence “over coffecake as is customary in the ‘burg in New Jersey.” Pardon me, I’m not from “the ‘burg” or NJ but it’s really a stretch to judge that everyone from the “‘burg” casually discusses the case of a missing relative while dining on coffeecake.
Attempts at humor are pathetic, such as: “I got my shower; jumped out & dried my hair by way of styling it.” What???? “Ranger” naturally drives a Ranger (creative genius there). Stephanie goes on a job & forgets her gun (was I supposed to fret or laugh? Who knows w/this reader’s tonal quality).
The novel continues, yet still no one concerns themselves with the missing uncle. Stephanie sleeps around with carefree abandon but it is tough to take seriously while listening to that lisp! Characters appear & we really have no clue as to why they immerged onto the scene. (Maybe the clue was in book 1, 2, 3 or 4??)
Again, this is the AUDIO version. The reader’s voice works as well as Michael Jackson reading the Da Vinci Code…a no can do!
After listening to the audio version of High Five, I can emphatically state: sometimes words are better left unspoken (just read them!).
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I just ongoing reading the Stephanie Plum series last week. Needless to say, I just finished book 5 and am going to buy 6 today.
In High Five, Janet Evanovich explores Stephanie’s relationship with Ranger, with Joe, with Lula, and with her family tree. Same as she does in all her additional books. Evanovich mixes humor with New Jersey culture (which can also be flawed as humor) which livens up the (mostly) dull mystery genre.
When I read One for the Money, I wasn’t sure if I really liked the book or not and chose to give the leader another shot by reading Two for the Dough.
Each book has a point plot formula where Stephanie has to to find a missing person, which proves to be more hard at first assumed. The search for the Failure To Appear (in this case, her Uncle Fred) then leads Stephanie to clues that lead her into deeper distress and crosses her path with the secret investigation of her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Morelli.
The formulaic plots cause confusion at times with who a character is and which book he or she is from, which might very well be because I read them so close together. Overall, though, the leader’s consistancy works. I look forwards to seeing which (or how many) car Stephanie is going to ruin and how it happens. I like meeting the not-so-normal people that latch on to her through every tale (in this one, it is a “small person”). I like Grandma Mazur’s outrageous behavior. I like Lula’s expressionistic outfits.
So, what makes this one the best so far? Evanovich seems to be getting better with each book, feeling more comfortable and free with the characters, as if she is getting to know them better. This comes across the pages to the reader and leaves you with a feeling of comfort, as if you were with ancient friends.
I can’t wait to read Hot Six to watch Evanovich’s writing renovate even further.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5