Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich puts the author’s best love character, Stephanie Plum, into another holiday dilemma. While celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, Stephanie’s wacky Grandma discovers a duffle bag full of money. While she runs off to have fun in Atlantic City, Stephanie is left to deal with the aftermath of the money-which happens to have been stolen from one the notorious Trenton mobsters. Now, not only does Stephanie have to deal with Grandma, but she has to find Snuggy, a former jockey who stole the money from the mobster. And Stephanie’s usual backup of her boyfriend Morelli and mysterious friend Ranger are nowhere in site. This leaves the aid of Diesel, and mysterious guy that tends to pop in and out. Literally.

While this book is part of the Stephanie Plum series, it is an in-between-the-novels book. This means that is a very quick read, and by many standards almost too quick. And Evanovich is careful with these shorter books not to get into major relationship issues or big plotlines, so the mysterious Diesel is brought in to be Stephanie’s counterpart. Morelli and Ranger are usually nowhere to be found in these novellas, but Diesel is a character that embodies the best of both men, so Stephanie still feels quite at home flirting and getting into trouble with him.

While the St. Patty’s Day and leprechaun jokes get a little corny, there is still a lot of Stephanie Plum fun packed into this little book. It is a perfect summer read for those who love the Stephanie Plum books, and can be a quick introduction to the character for those who are not familiar with Stephanie Plum. Most of the major plotlines from previous books are summed up in a few sentences in the book.