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IF YOU ENJOY... THE STEPHANIE PLUM BOOKS BY JANET EVANOVICH Size 12 is Not Fat by Meg Cabot 28-year-old former pop star Heather Wells has hit rock bottom, but when she finds a job in a college dorm, things seem to start look up...at least until girls in the dorm begin to perish at an alarming rate. Metro Girl by Janet Evanovich When her wild and womanizing younger brother goes missing in southern Florida, Alexandra Barnaby endures humidity, sun- burn, and bugs in her search for him along- side Sam Hooker, who believes Barnaby's brother has stolen his boat. Bubbles Unbound by Sarah Strohmeyer Against all odds, Bubbles Yablonsky has re- turned to school, but while on her way to jour- nalism school, she happens upon a crime scene and finds herself drawn into a murder investigation. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters After her father's death, thirty-two-year-old Amelia Peabody eschews the role of Victorian spinster and travels to Egypt, where mysteri- ous intruders, boorish archaeologists, and a disappearing two-thousand-year-old mummy test her sanity and independence. The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz Isabel Spellman may have a checkered past littered with romantic mistakes & creative vandalism; but the upshot is she's good at her job as a licensed P.I. with her family's firm, Spellman Investigations. Invading peo- ple's privacy comes naturally to Izzy. In fact, it comes naturally to all the Spellmans… 1st to Die by James Patterson Imagine a killer who thinks, "What's the worst thing anyone has ever done?" and then goes far beyond it. Now imagine 4 women--a de- tective, an asst D.A., a reporter, & a medical examiner --who get things done by helping each other--and ignoring the rules. Welcome to the world of the Women's Murder Club. Murder, with Peacocks by Donna Andrews While trying to manage being the maid of honor in three weddings, Meg Langslow finds herself in the midst of a mystery when her for- mer sister-in-law's soon-to-be stepfather is found dead. A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton Nikki Fife, the wife of a hated divorce lawyer, is out on parole after eight years in prison for killing her husband. She hires ex-cop-turned- private detective Kinsey Millhone to find the real killer and clear her name. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley It is the summer of 1950, and at the once- grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is intrigued by a series of inexplicable events. For Flavia, life begins in earnest when murder comes to Buckshaw. Descriptions and images courtesy of NoveList, Amazon, and the PCLD Catalog. Readalikes are compiled by the Pinal County Library District staff and affiliate library employ- ees. Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter with atti- tude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and Au- gust heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jer- sey. She's a product of blue-collar Trenton, where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, windows are clean, and dinner is served at six. The Miracle Strip by Nancy Bartholomew The whip-smart Sierra Lavotini is the hottest act on Panama City's strip scene. She's the headliner at the bare-all bar, the Tiffany Club. Besides her bodacious business, Sierra's life is fairly simple. And that's the way she likes it. But when a good friend, Denise, seeks her help, Sierra's life takes a murderous turn.
