Publisher's Weekly Review
Evanovich fans will be delighted with this new novel, co-written with relative up-and-comer Banks. Working her formula to its fullest, Evanovich conjures the large, close, gently eccentric Madigan family that 26-year-old college student Cate calls her own. An aspiring teacher, Cate studies by day and bartends by night, living in the arty South End of Boston with an often-absent drag queen named Marty (Marta) Longfellow. The perfect living arrangement-"a big strong roommate...not interested in women," plenty of alone time and low rent-turns wholly suspicious when Marty disappears, leaving behind a lovable bullmastiff. Cate?s sexy love interest, barroom regular Kellen McBride, is an "independent recovery agent" who believes that Marty is responsible for a string of one-of-a-kind jewelry heists; after Marty?s place gets tossed, Cate teams up with him to track down the missing Marty before whoever?s after him comes after her. Like other Evanovich novels, there?s a madcap race to the finish while mysteries are solved and hearts are stolen; also like other Evanovich novels, it makes a highly satisfying read. (Apr.) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
Library Journal Review
Cate Madigan finds herself in hot water when her transvestite roommate Marty goes missing. As usual in Evanovich's books, the heroine is then the focus of unwanted attention by a number of thugs looking for her roommate; her apartment gets tossed, and people get threatened. Cate has bigger problems than trying to figure out if Marty is really dead, as is being reported by the locals. She has to cope with the persistent affections of ex-cop Kellen McBride. There are some laughs to be had, and, sharing this gig with romance author Banks, Evanovich knows how to turn up the steam; Lorelei King is especially good at voicing her heroines and heroes. Unfortunately, Patrick Pugg, who is obsessively stalking Cate, is a very irritating character; continually referring to himself in the third person, Patrick is a rare misfire. This is one of Evanovich's slightest books and should therefore be purchased only by those libraries that see a demand for anything she writes.--B. Allison Gray, Palmdale City Lib., CA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.