Notorious Nineteen’s title is self-explanatory; Stephanie Plum’s life is nothing short of notorious and full of ridiculous once-in-a-lifetime happenings that occur daily. Janet Evanovich’s Notorious Nineteen was released on November 20, 2012 after a year of anticipating the next chapter of Stephanie Plum’s life.

Notorious Nineteen satisfies another installment to Evanovich’s series that is 18 years in the making; and does not show any sign of coming to an end. Stephanie Plum’s life is always full of surprises and cliffhangers, but still happens to be as destructive. This plot involves the usual components Evanovich’s fans expect such as; fire, gossip, and clever bond skips. Two other aspects to Stephanie Plum’s life that readers will not be disappointed with in this novel, is the wonderful love triangle that includes Ranger and Joe Morelli.

This review will not have any spoilers, but there are couple parts in the novel that can give the prospective reader a little more explanation of what to expect. While Evanovich’s main character, Stephanie Plum, is finding crazy ways to be successful at messing everything up, she does admit that she is happy with her life.

In the novel Stephanie Plum says, “And I am still pushing boundaries, flopping around in water that’s over my head. And here’s the scary part that I wouldn’t say out loud to anyone…I’m a little addicted to it. I like my crazy job and my disaster-prone life.”

At an earlier point in the novel, Stephanie finds herself making decisions that can definitely influence both her present life, as well as her future. No worries, she still has no idea what her future entails whether it deals with her love life, professional, or personal life. She does however choose to go with her instinct without worrying about the consequences.

One of the men in her life even says, “I’m giving you another opportunity to walk away from this.”

And her response?

“I can’t do that. I can’t walk away.”

Notorious Nineteen takes the reader to all sorts of places that are new and even crazier than before. Stephanie knows that she needs to step up her game, but what more can she do? She takes on all sorts of different roles throughout this novel, yet always staying true to her ultimate goal: take care of the loved ones in her life, and finding the bad guys.

The description of the novel on Janet Evanovich’s website ends with saying, “If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck, she’ll have to remember: No guts, no glory.” Evanovich continues to be creative in finding new places and situations that Stephanie can get herself into, making this book a fast read. Page after page the reader will want to know what Stephanie comes up with next.

As for other news in Janet Evanovich’s life, do not expect a book tour or signing for this novel until Spring 2013. There has been a postponement due to illness in the family. Do not let this stop you from checking out the novel though; a must reader for sure.

If you need any more of a reason to read this book, or entire series, check out a previous article 18 Reasons to Catch Up to Janet Evanovich’s Upcoming 19th Book.

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Janet Evanovich has been writing and sharing character Stephanie Plum’s life since the first book of the series, One for the Money, was published in 1994. Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter, who continues to find ways to make life interesting as well as extremely dangerous. Evanovich’s 18^th book of the series was released in 2011, while the next in the series holds an anticipated release date of November 20, 2012. Here are 18 components to the series that are reason enough to spend time catching up with the series in time for the 19^th book, entitled Notorious Nineteen.

1. Small town life: The novels show the humor in the small town lifestyle, gossip, the history of the town and everyone in it, and of course, the stories everyone wants to leave behind when they move away from home as an adult.
2. Female bounty hunters: Stephanie Plum is not the only female who tries to become a bounty hunter, making great competition and challenges.
3. Romance: Throughout the series, the reader will have a difficult time choosing between the two men Stephanie Plum has in her life. Their storyline is always interesting and even causes many cliffhangers.
4. Timing: Plum does not have any previous experience as a bounty hunter when she takes the job; she was just desperate. Timing is not always on her side, yet somehow, in the end, the timing works out, usually in a humorous manner.
5. Family ties: It is very neat to have a storyline that involves the main character’s family in a positive light. Although there may be drama going on in Plum’s family, whether it is her sister, parents, or grandma, at the end of the week, they always find time to eat together.
6. Comfort zone: Plum is a very strong woman, yet still struggles with stepping outside of her comfort zone. The readers are able to relate and cheer for her to push her boundaries.
7. Unfortunate connections: In relation to the small town situation, unfortunate connections tend to show up more times than not. No matter how unfortunate, there is always a good twist to it, past or present.
8. Jobs we hate: Especially in today’s economy, most can relate to having jobs that they do not enjoy and hope are temporary.
9. Finding your place in society: Plum has to work at getting respect from the people around her due to her job and people questioning her role in a supposed man’s job.
10. Bad Days: We all have bad days, and Evanovich makes sure to include those throughout the books as well. However, she is able to shine light on them.
11. Friendship: Stephanie Plum is independent, yet would not survive anything she encounters without her friends.
12. Loyalty: Throughout the turmoil, Plum can always count on her friends.
13. Special effects: The movie based on Evanovich’s first book, One for the Money, shows how intense some of the scenes can be. There is always something blowing up or burning down.
14. Girl insight: Although the story is from a female’s perspective, everyone can enjoy the plot.
15. Funny Criminals: Being a bounty hunter sounds interesting enough, but once you start to read and see the type of people Stephanie Plum is supposed to find and capture, it gets even better.
16. New Jersey: Stephanie Plum’s job takes place in New Jersey, which includes characters that fit the stereotype of New Jersey perfectly.
17. Ratings: Evanovich is a #1 best-selling author, with multiple series to her name. This series has been successful for over a decade.
18. Movie releases: If you have not seen the movie that came out in January 2012, it is a must-see. Katherine Heigl took the role of Stephanie Plum.

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Julie Anne Robinson, director of the movie ‘One For The Money’, now in cinemas, turned to the novel by Janet Evanovich again and again for guidance during production. “I’ve looked at it down to details of dress colors,” reveals Robinson. “The description of Stephanie’s apartment, I pulled it from the book.

It had to be a red brick building. It had to be a place where a lot of old age pensioners could live. Even small details like Mrs. Delgado who lives opposite Stephanie; she’s there in the book. The fact that Stephanie drinks a Big Gulp. The fact that she feeds Ritz crackers to Rex. We’ve gone down to the smallest detail. The actual cage that Rex is kept in is identical to the one described in the book.”

At first glance, Robinson, a British director with a background at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court and the National Theatre, might seem an unlikely choice for a New Jersey-set story about working class Americans. But Katherine Heigl, who fondly remembered her experience working with Robinson on several episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, suggested the director be seriously considered.

“After spending some time talking to her we realized that her vision was exactly right for the movie,” recalls producer Lucchesi. “Being a director you’ve got to steer a big ship of about 150 people and everybody’s got an opinion. You need a captain who can really channel the way to the right port. And Julie Anne did that.”

“Julie Anne came onto this project with such unbelievable energy and passion and determination,” reports Heigl. “She has incredible focus and I never saw her get tired or burn out. And I think she’s just done a beautiful job with the casting of this movie, with the locations, the set design, everything. The right look and feel of this movie, the balance between comedy and drama, will be thanks to Julie Anne, for sure.”

Actor Jason O’Mara, who plays Joe Morelli in the film, credits Robinson and the clarity of her direction for the vibrancy of the cast’s performances. “She’s really what you want from a director. You come prepared, you know how you want to play the scene, but she says one thing to you and it changes the way you deliver the lines and suddenly it comes alive.

Julie knows what she wants and there’s never any indecision, but at the same time she’s open to a lot of ideas. So she’s been very collaborative and that’s given everybody on this movie a sense of ownership and pride in their work. Hopefully that will come through.”

Joe Morelli’s tumultuous love/hate history with Stephanie Plum began when she was only six and culminated in a disastrous high school date. A former bad-boy turned vice cop, Morelli becomes an unlikely suspect in a homicide investigation and jumps bail, which seemingly points to his guilt. But as Stephanie tracks him down as her very first FTA (“Failed To Appear” in bail bond speak), she realizes the case against Morelli is more complicated than she initially thought.

“Joe Morelli has to have humor, a little bit of danger, be handsome, but also authentic,” says producer Tom Rosenberg. “You have to buy he’s from Trenton and that he’s a policeman. It’s a very tough role to pull off, but Jason did it effortlessly.”

“In Jason and Katie, we’ve got two actors who can match each other,” adds director Julie Anne Robinson. “She’s a very powerful actress and he meets her head on in their scenes together. There’s a tension and an electricity in every frame. They play off each other. They play off the script. It’s great fun to watch. I fell in love with their chemistry.”

From the moment O’Mara read the script, he was ready to sign on to the project. “It really jumped off the page,” remembers the actor. “And when I read Katie’s role I realized she was perfect for it and she was going to really knock this one out of the park. She’s got a great sense of comic timing. The part of this I’ve really enjoyed is the comedy.”

“Jason is going to be the only person people can think of from now on when they read the books,” affirms Heigl. “He’s brought Morelli to life in the most seamless and perfect way.”

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