Metro Girl

De: Janet Evanovich

Narrado por: C.J. Critt

Buckle your seat belts. New York Times best-selling author Janet Evanovich is moving into the fast lane with Metro Girl, a thrilling, high-octane misadventure with high stakes, hot nights, cold-blooded murder, sunken treasure, a woman with a chassis built for speed, and one very good, very sexy NASCAR driver who's along for the ride.

"Wild" Bill Barnaby's dropped off the face of the earth and big sister Alex heads for Miami, Bill's last known sighting, on a harrowing hunt to save her brother...and maybe the world. Truth is, Alex has been bailing her brother out of trouble since they were kids. Not that Bill's a bad sort. More that he acts first and thinks later. Unfortunately, this time around, Wild Bill will be Dead Bill if Alex doesn't find him in time.

Alex blasts through the bars of South Beach and points her search to Key West and Cuba, laying waste to Miami hit men, dodging Palmetto bugs big enough to eat her alive, and putting the pedal to the metal with NASCAR driver Sam Hooker.

Engaged in a deadly race, Wild Bill has "borrowed" Hooker's sixty-five foot Hatteras and sailed off into the sunset...just when Hooker has plans for the boat. Hooker figures he'll attach himself to Alex and maybe run into Bill. Maybe Hooker can salvage what's left of his vacation. And maybe Hooker'll get lucky in love with Bill's sweetie-pie sister. After all, Hooker is NASCAR Guy. And NASCAR Guy is good at revving a woman's engine.

The race to the finish is hot and hard, taking Alex and Hooker into international waters, exposing a plot to grab Cuban gold and a sinister relic of the Cuban missile crises. Creative cussing and sexual innuendo included.

©2004 Janet Evanovich (P)2004 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Fun Story

story interesting , characters were believable, a great listen
I have never been disappointed in this author and look forward to listening to more of her work

Enjoyable

I disagree with other listeners that this is just another version of a Stephanie Plum novel. The characters are original and the story line is good. The female lead is quite different and a bit tougher than Stephanie. the similarity lies in the author's writing style, humor, and wacky characters. I really enjoyed it.

A Good Read

What made the experience of listening to Metro Girl the most enjoyable?

The reader got into the rhythm of the characters and did a great job with the voices of the characters.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Metro Girl?

When she was driving her brother's car and was able to escape the bad guys!

Have you listened to any of C.J. Critt’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

Over the top fun

Evanovich’s stories are over the top fun for me. The humor that lightens the story. The narrator does a good job of differentiating the characters.

Metro Girl is a great story

I love the characters, story and action! The characters are believable and fun. I really enjoy listening to the narrator, she does different voices for the characters.

funny,intreging and good

Would you listen to Metro Girl again? Why?

I like most of Janet's books and I also like to listen to C. J. Critt.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Metro Girl?

When Barney meets her friend Jude from school

What about C.J. Critt’s performance did you like?

I just like the way she reads the book and how she plays the different charters

A good read

loved it was very intense at times. kept you interested to hear what was to happen next.

Funny story

Fun characters. intriguing storyline. Performance was perfect. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to be captivated.

Bad narrator

I think that I would have liked it if it had a better narrator, this one sounds too old and too gruff.

book one in this series

Good story, introduces the characters that carry on into book two. Evanovich style writing. Fun, tension, action.