Pros and Cons

Janet Evanovich,

Lee Goldberg

Janet Evanovich,

Lee Goldberg

2013 • 39 pages

Ratings12

Average rating3.7

PROS AND CONS by bestselling authors Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg - an engaging and tantalising short story introducing an FBI agent who's on the hunt, and a master con artist who's enjoying the chase. Not to be missed by readers of THE HEIST, THE SCAM and the Stephanie Plum mysteries. FBI special agent Kate O'Hare has made it her mission to nail international con artist Nicolas Fox. When she discovers his plot to plunder a venture capitalist's twentieth-story Chicago penthouse of all its cash and treasures while the self-proclaimed 'King of Hostile Takeovers' is getting married, Kate is 85 per cent - okay maybe 92 per cent - sure that she's finally going to bag Nick Fox. Problem is, first Kate has to convince her boss, building security, and maybe even herself, that wedding planner Merrill Stubing is actually Nicolas Fox. Second, she has to figure out how to corner and capture him without disrupting the event of the year. And third, what's going to happen once O'Hare finally gets her hands on Fox? It's going take a pro to catch a con before the fireworks over Lake Michigan go off.

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hc.newton

I've been eagerly awaiting [b:The Heist 16169737 The Heist (O'Hare and Fox #1) Janet Evanovich https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1365249892s/16169737.jpg 22016392] since it was first announced – I'm a big fan of both [a:Janet Evanovich 2384 Janet Evanovich https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1308327981p2/2384.jpg] and [a:Lee Goldberg 67202 Lee Goldberg https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1337459962p2/67202.jpg], so when this short story prequel was released I couldn't resist. I probably should have found the will power. This, at best, was not bad. Amusing at times, but most of the humor felt forced. Even then, the humor was overly broad most of the time. Worse than that, the story was chock-full of exposition dumps that are almost worthy of Dan Brown.That said, I've read almost 30 books by these two over the years and have no doubt that the novels are going to be better. The primary characters – Agent O'Hare and scoundrel Fox, are promising and chock-full of potential. Sure, I'm a little less enthused about [b:The Heist 16169737 The Heist (O'Hare and Fox #1) Janet Evanovich https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1365249892s/16169737.jpg 22016392] than I was yesterday, but I'll get over that once it's in my hot little hands.Short version: Skip this tease, come back for the real thing.

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Kathrine

very quick read, even for a short story. Didn't really give me a whole lot to go on character wise, though I do like Nick so far. Guess that means I'll have to go ahead and read The Heist at some point in the near future.

June 3, 2013