The Chase

It was good to see some of the other characters from the first book make another appearance. All the characters are very likeable and there are a lot of laughs when you're reading it. You can guess what's going to happen but it's a nice easy read.

Meh. It was ok. Didn't like it any more or any less than the other Fox and O'Hare stories I've read. Took me forever to get through though because I never felt any kind of urgency to find out what happened. Easily put-downable (that's probably not a word, but it fits so I'm using it). On the plus side, it was pretty mindless, meaning I didn't have to backtrack when I did pick it up in order to remember what was happening.

I love this series and the way Janet Evanovich writes hilarious characters and moments. Sometimes they seem forced and awkwardly included, but other times it works.

Also, the narrator has now become one of my faves. Love his voice and how he voices the characters.

Nicolas Fox and Agent Kate O'Hare are back in action – better yet, Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg are back and better than ever. This time their target is none other than the head of a multinational security force/private army owned by the former White House Chief of Staff. Easy pickings, right?

This is just the ticket for readers who miss The A-Team or Leverage – clever schemes improbably pulled off by team of pros to take down a real scoundrel. This team gets around a bit more than the others do (better budgets in books than TV shows) – they globe hop from D.C. to Shanghai, to Montreal and more – even the Scottish hinterlands. The shenanigans in Montreal, in particular, were hilarious and ever so smooth.

I enjoyed The Heist (my review) – a lot, actually – but this was better. Everything – the interplay between the characters, the plot, the crazy schemes that Fox & O'Hare cooked up (individually and together), the new guys, the villains – all of it worked better this time out. If these two are this polished on book two, I can't wait to see what Evanovich and Goldberg are like by the time they get to five or so.