Three To Get Deadly: A Stephanie Plum Novel

By Janet Evanovich

Stephanie Plum, the beloved bounty hunter with attitude returns in this irresistible adventure from Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dirty Thirty and “most popular mystery writer alive” (The New York Times).

Stephanie is having a bad hair day—for the whole month of January. She’s looking for Mo Bedemier, Trenton’s most beloved citizen, who was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and skipped bail. To help her, she’s got Lula, a former hooker turned file clerk. Lula’s itching to lock up a crook in the trunk of her car. And Morelli, the cop with the slow-burning smile, is acting polite even after Stephanie finds more bodies than the Trenton PD has seen in years. That’s a bad sign for sure.

Featuring a feisty and funny heroine who “comes roaring in like a blast of very fresh air” (The Washington Post), Three to Get Deadly is fast-paced and entertaining suspense at its finest.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scribner
• Release date: Jul 15, 1999
• ISBN: 9780684868608

Janet Evanovich

Over the last twenty-six years, Janet Evanovich has written a staggering forty-five New York Times bestsellers. In addition to her #1 bestselling Stephanie Plum novels and many other popular books, Janet is the author of The Recovery Agent, the start of a blockbuster new series. 

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Reviews for Three To Get Deadly

[sbshepherd · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Stephanie is starting to learn the ropes and isn't making as many mistakes in the bond enforcement business as in the prior two books. I'm just wondering if she and the L.E.O. are ever going to manage to get together. Recommend the series.

[macjest · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Sadly, this is where the series started to drift down hill a little. I still got some great laughs, but it took longer to get to that point and Stephanie's attempts to capture her FTA's just seem annoying rather than funny.

[mskeens_3 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Once again another great addition to the series. Interesting story of Uncle Mo the candy store man so well love by all the children and his secret life. Very interesting twists and turns learned through by Stephanie, Joe and the rest of the crew. Lula and Grandma Mazur sure make me laugh out loud. Very enjoyable.

[Kathryn Newman · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

All of the well armed seniors!
(and Grandma, of course.)
kanb

[MalakRafik · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I just loved this series ?i

[Cindy Myers · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Good story. Made me laugh so loud at times. Mystery and humor! My favorites!

[crazy4reading · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I love this series and enjoy all the interactions between Stephanie and Morelli. This time Stephanie is after the town candy shop owner. She hears it from everyone that he is innocent and to leave him alone. I love what she does find out about Mo.

[jonimfisher · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Poor Stephanie Plum is tasked with tracking down beloved candy store owner Moses Bedemier, known to all in the burg as Uncle Mo, who has skipped bail by missing a hearing. The community shuns Stephanie while her parents nag her to settle down and get a real job. The characters come alive with eccentricities and personal histories with Stephanie that go back to grade school. Throw in a gun-toting grandmother, a lecherous cop, a retired 'ho' and the whole story runs rolls out like a comedy of errors told in a graveyard. Macabre, hilarious, unexpected fun!

[starknits_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

These books are always good for a fast paced dumb luck, laugh

[master275 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I love this series!!! The start of this one was a little slow for me (perhaps it was the absence of Morelli that had me bummed;-)) ---but then comes Lula!!!!!! We laughed along with Grandma in "Two for the Money" and Lula didn't disappoint in "Three to Get Deadly." Not to mention Stephanie herself and all of her crazy happenings! These gals are truly FUNNY and the best part about these books - other than the fact that they are hilarious!- is that they actually have a good mystery in the background. Just when you think you have everything figured out---there's always a bizarre twist that jumps out of nowhere. The only disappointing thing about this series is that it took me so long to start reading it!!

[myab-3 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I get a kick out of Lula, she cracks me up.. at times I was worried about Stephanie, and Ranger is great... wish there was a bit more of Morelli in this book.. hopefully he's around more in the next!

[mickyfine · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Stephanie Plum is less than thrilled when her cousin hands Stephanie her latest bounty hunting assignment: bring in Uncle Mo, the well-beloved proprietor of her neighbourhood's local candy and ice cream shop. She's even less thrilled when it turns out that Uncle Mo is not the easy collar he appeared to be and instead appears to have left town. While Stephanie works to hunt down Mo she finds herself in the unfortunate position of discovering the murdered bodies of several drug dealers, figuring out just what's going on between her and police detective, Joe Morelli, and fighting the urge to eat yet another doughnut that will just end up on her thighs.Pure fluff from start to finish, there's something very satisfying about working your way through a Stephanie Plum novel. While I had largely figured out the mystery well in advance of Stephanie, there's still plenty of fun to be had with these characters. Like many readers of this series, I'm a big fan of Grandma Mazur and her hijinks and would pick up the books just for her. A solid entry in the series and I look forward to following Stephanie's adventures in the (many) books to come.

[kr_patterson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Loved it, as always. Great, mindless entertainment.

[bookjunkie777 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Stephanie is starting to learn the ropes and isn't making as many mistakes in the bond enforcement business as in the prior two books. I'm just wondering if she and the L.E.O. are ever going to manage to get together. Recommend the series.

[laurochka-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Easygoing - I read it in one sitting! Stephanie is getting her detecting act together a bit more in this story. Once again a fund read.

[chrisweir-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

3rd in the Stephanie Plum mystery series. In this one she's after the local candy man, Uncle Mo runs the local candy store for kids. But it seems that no one wants her to actually find him, she even gets death threats about it. It seems that dear Uncle Mo is going around and killing the drug pushers in the area. During this one it seems that her relationship with Morelli is starting to heat up as well.

[gypsysmom_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Stephanie is a bounty hunter working for her cousin Vinnie in Trenton, New Jersey. She doesn't really want to bring in Uncle Mo who operates a candy and ice cream store in her old neighbourhood but she needs some cash and besides how difficult can it be? As it turns out it is very difficult. Uncle Mo has closed up his store and no-one in the neighbourhood knows where he is. Stephanie breaks into the store one night but no sooner has she started looking around than someone else comes through the back door. She hides in the bathroom but when the new intruder finds her there he knocks her out. When she wakes up the intruder is dead beside her, killed by someone who Stephanie hasn't seen. She gets out of the store, phones her old flame, Joe Morelli, a cop on the homicide squad, and manages to stay out of jail. But then the bodies keep piling up and she starts receiving threats if she keeps looking for Mo. Ranger, a hunky bounty hunter, starts helping her out. Her real sidekick is Lula, an ex-hooker who now works as a filing clerk in her cousin's office. Lula and Stephanie make a hilarious team, at one point driving through the city with a dead body sticking out of the trunk of Lula's car. It all works out in the end and it looks like Stephanie and Morelli are an item again by the end of the book. Good fun and a quick read.

[polywogg · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

BOTTOM-LINE:Little more hard-boiled.PLOT OR PREMISE:This time around Plum's got a dandy assignment: pick up Uncle Mo, the owner of the local soda shop who everybody thinks is a saint. He got picked up for carrying a concealed weapon (which everybody says is no real crime at all) and promptly jumps bail for no apparent reason. She no sooner asks the first person about Mo's whereabouts, and lo and behold, her mom is getting complaints about her harassing poor Uncle Mo. Ah, life is just peachy. Add in a couple of vigilante types who keep warning her away from Mo, some more involvement with Jackie and Lulu (the hookers from book one), and life gets interesting..WHAT I LIKED:I liked the expansion of the various characters again. As well, its kind of fun to see the relationship develop between Joe and Stephanie, even if it is romance-by-the-book. :) The grandmother is less pronounced in this one but Lulu more than makes up for it as she wants to kick butt too. Ranger is definitely an interesting presence, and fun for everyone..WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:This book is a little more hard-boiled, complete with lots of guns blazing, and some harder-core motives for stuff. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it detracts a bit from the otherwise amusing antics of Stephanie as she is still learning the ropes about being a bounty-hunter. .DISCLOSURE:I received no compensation, not even a free copy, in exchange for this review. I am not personal friends with the author, nor do I follow her on social media.

[antiquary_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I have not read the first two novels,but look a chance on getting the next six for $3.00 . Some far, I do not regret it. They are funny and have a strong sense of New Jersey. This one involves Plum, a female bounty hunter for her cousin Vinnie who runs a bail bond agency, being assigned to bring in lovable old "Uncle Mo" who runs an ice cream and candy store in the neighborhood where she grew up, but has now skipped bail on a traffic ticket.

[Felipe Adan Lerma · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Am reading these in sequence, and this one is even more fabulous than the first two. Sometimes the sharp wit, humor, and suspense roll flawlessly through whole sections. Brilliant. When the rest are available on subscription (or Half Price Books!) I'll continue reading the rest.

[bragan_8 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Book three in the Stephanie Plum series. At this point, our heroine has been in the bounty hunter biz for five whole months, and has still not entirely gotten the hang of it. Her current assignment is to bring in a beloved neighborhood figure for missing a court date, but the guy is nowhere to be found. Looking for him, of course, quickly plunges her into a much more complicated situation, this time involving a surprising number of dead bodies.I think this series is starting to feel a little more polished as it goes along. It's still complete brain candy, but it's increasingly really digestible brain candy. Shallow and unmemorable, yes, but a very quick, reasonably amusing, and thoroughly undemanding read. Which, some days, is exactly what you want.Mind you, even if it is starting to feel more polished, it's also starting to feel decidedly formulaic. Three books in, and I'm pretty sure I could already write a Stephanie Plum drinking game: Drink when Stephanie has car problems, drink when she goes to her parents' house for dinner, drink when someone shows up to threaten her at her apartment (twice if they threaten her pet hamster)... I'm thinking this could get tiresome down the line, but for now, I'm not too bothered by it.

[mlg11031112 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

After the movie, One for the Money (I loved it), I wanted to read the books. I was half happy and half disappointed (to be fair the first few books were better than the rest - I've read 17 or 18). The writing isn't anything special but there is banter and wit (which is waning). I love her grandma, the ex-hooker, and some other random side characters - that and the witty moments kept me coming back for more.By the time of the 5th book (or at least by the 10th) you would think she would start to get the hang of her job or get a new one - nope. At a certain point she is just a pretty woman of 30ish who can't pick from 2 men (or choose to move on from both), who is bad at her job, and relies on luck and the men in her life to save her (to be fair I think of one time she was saved by a woman).So why do I keep reading? In spite of how annoying she is, and how she is hopelessly in love with 2 mildly mentally abusive men? Despite all the half attractive or good guys being over 6 ft tall for some reason and all the other men are taken or ugly? The reason is the supporting crazy characters, and the fading wit.

[vincentdarlage · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This was a pretty good book. I still love the characters, but the situations are starting to grow stale - although she escalated the romance side of the book a little more in this one. The writing was strong, and so is her characterizations, and this propels the novel well.

[dawn94-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Once again, narrator C J Critt provides tons of enjoyment through her delivery of Stephanie Plum's dry wit. I've explained to my family that I'm listening to "that funny book", so they won't think I'm crazy. ;)

[aliceanna-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This one took me forever to slog through. I don't know if it wasn't as good as the others or if I'm just growing weary of Ms. Plum. I'll read #4 and see if she still belongs in my rotation of female detectives or not.

[redheadish · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I had so many belly laughs during this read that I don't think I can stop reading Janet on to book 4 soon as I can get it!

[leannamcalister · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book had me laughing so hard my family kept looking at me like I lost my mind. Terrific, funny easy read.

[judithdcollins · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Love Joe! Love Grandma Mazur and the crew - listen to the audio...will keep you laughing in the car! Once again, the entire One for the Money crew is in action, including Ranger and Grandma Mazur, searching for Mo, tripping down a trail littered with drug dealers, leading Stephanie to suspect Mo has traded his ice-cream scoop for a vigilante gun.

Cursed with a disastrous new hair color and an increasing sense that it’s really time to get a new job, Stephanie spirals and tumbles through Three to Get Deadly with all the wisecracks and pace her fans have come to expec

[bookwormteri · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Stephanie is after the Burg's beloved candyman, and no one wants to help her. Well...except the usual cast, Lula, Ranger, and Morelli, but the rest of the city...not a fan of the big bad Bounty hunter taking on an "innocent" man.Fun, but not my favorite. Not enough of the supporting characters that make Stephanie so amazing.

[ameise1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was my third Stephanie Plum. It wasn't so gripping as the first two were and she didn't drop much clanger. Those parts of the stories I really like best. Nevertheless it is a solid plot even though the topic is a little bit too far fetched. Lula is starting to help Stephanie and I wonder how this 'partnership' will develop. The cat-and-mouse game between Stephanie and Morelli is taking some interesting turns. So, I'm looking forward to reading some more Plum's.