Pros & Cons by Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg Narrator: Scott Brick
Series: Fox and O'Hare #0.5
Published by Random House Audio on May 1, 2013
Source: Library
Genres: Crime Fiction
Length: 54 Mins
Format: Audiobook
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FBI special agent Kate O’Hare has made it her mission to nail international con artist Nicolas Fox. When she discovers his plot to plunder a venture capitalist’s twentieth-story Chicago penthouse of all its cash and treasures while the self-proclaimed “King of Hostile Takeovers” is getting married, Kate is 85 percent—okay maybe 92 percent—sure that she’s finally going to bag Nick Fox.
Problem is, first Kate has to convince her boss, building security, and maybe even herself, that wedding planner Merrill Stubing is actually Nicolas Fox. Second, she has to figure out how to corner and capture him without disrupting the event of the year. And third, what’s going to happen once O’Hare finally gets her hands on Fox? It’s going take a pro to catch a con before the fireworks over Lake Michigan go off.
I picked up this short prequel to the Fox and O’Hare series just because I wanted something to listen to. It’s a quick early meeting between Kate and Nick. Nick has an audacious plan, and Kate right behind him. It’s a good introduction to the two if you haven’t met them before. If you read the series, as I have, it’s still fun. It’s a similar formula to the books but Kate is still quite clearly on the opposite side as Fox. Or maybe it’s Fox who’s clearly on the opposite side. You get a feel for her determinedness and intelligence. You get to see his style and imagination. And of course you get to see a bit of the attraction between them. It’s a good short read.
Scott Brick is the narrator and as always he makes it a light-hearted adventure. The characters are over the top and he somehow straddles the line between telling the story with a straight face but not taking it too seriously.
It’s too short to tell much without giving the whole thing away, but it’s a fun little treat of a story. I enjoyed it.
About Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich (née Schneider; April 22, 1943) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Lizzy and Diesel series, twelve romance novels, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and Trouble Maker graphic novel, and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author, as well as a co-author of the Fox and O’Hare series. She has over two hundred million books in print worldwide and is translated into over 40 languages.
About Lee Goldberg
Lee Goldberg is a two-time Edgar Award and two-time Shamus Award nominee and the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than forty novels, including the Eve Ronin series and the Ian Ludlow series. He has also written and/or produced many TV shows, including Diagnosis Murder, SeaQuest, and Monk, and he is the cocreator of the Mystery 101 series of Hallmark movies. As an international television consultant, he has advised networks and studios in Canada, France, Germany, Spain, China, Sweden, and the Netherlands on the creation, writing, and production of episodic television series.
I am scared of trying this series as <i am so tired of her other one
I’ve grown tired of the Stephanie Plum books and think I need to try this series.
I’ve never been a Stephanie Plum fan, so don’t let being tired of it stop you from giving this one a shot.
Oh I love her books. It’s been ages since I’ve read them though. I’ve got this set on my tbr pile so hopefully in 2015 I can make that happen 🙂