METRO GIRL
By Janet Evanovich
Harper Collins Publishers
10 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
ISBN 0-06-058400-9
Hardback, 296 pages, $26.95
Genre: Romantic Suspense

Alex Barnaby - Barney to family and friends - heads to Miami after receiving a frightening phone call from her little brother, Bill. When she arrives at Bill's apartment, it's been trashed and a man with a fake eye tries to kidnap her. If that isn't bad enough, it seems Bill has disappeared with NASCAR driver Sam Hooker's boat. And Hooker's not a happy camper. Hooker trails Alex as she tries to find out the whereabouts of her brother, intrigued by her rebuffs to his advances. Things turn serious when two men threaten to kill them if they don't stop. Which only encourages the dynamic duo to search far and wide for Wild Bill. Their adventure takes them into international waters, where they find a cache of gold bars and a mysterious container that creepy men from America and Cuba are anxious to get their hands on.

This is a wonderful read. Evanovich's witty sense of humor shines through to perfection. The characters are fun, the plot entertaining, and the dialogue/ situations zany. Highly recommended.