Name: The Chase
ISBN: 9780345543080

Janet Evanovich

Lee Goldberg

A latest collaboration by the best-selling author of the Stephanie Plum series and the best-selling author of the Monk series finds FBI agent Kate O'Hare once again forced to covertly team up with brilliant con man Nicholas Fox to take down a big-league criminal.

A Novel

The Chase

Cindy McKee

I liked this story much better the the first one that's for sure. As much as I love Janet Evanovich, I'm not above seeing her foibles now & again. This premise is already being explored on the tv show White Collar, & that sticks in my head as I read. If you have ever seen the delightful & delicious Matt Bomer as Neal, then you cannot help but to imagine him as the charming con man, Nick, only with brown eyes instead of blue. That being said, I thought the story worked better this time around & the pacing was much better as well. Some of the characters still feel a little worn, but I like Jake,Kate, & Nick as the core of the team. Mr. Goldberg & Mrs.Evanovich make a nice team writing-wise & the series shows promise. If they continue to collaborate & are willing to take some risks with characters instead of relying on what is most comfortable, then this could prove to be a wonderful series. That they made some of those changes on this story, gives me hope. After all, I can always find time for one more Evanovich book on my shelves. ;)

Connor 

This series continues to be simultaneously ridiculous and an absolute delight.

Internationally renowned thief and con artist Nicolas Fox is famous for running elaborate and daring scams. His greatest con of all: convincing the FBI to team him up with the only person who has ever caught him, Special Agent Kate O'Hare. Together they'll go undercover to swindle and catch the world's most wanted - and untouchable - criminals. Their newest target is Carter Grove, a former White House chief of staff and the ruthless leader of a private security agency. Grove has stolen a rare Chinese artefact from the Smithsonian, a crime that will torpedo U.S. relations with China if it ever becomes public. Nick and Kate must work under the radar - and against the clock - to devise a plan to steal the piece back. Confronting Grove's elite assassins, Nick and Kate rely on the skills of their ragtag crew, including a flamboyant actor, a Geek Squad techie, and a band of AARP-card-carrying mercenaries led by none other than Kate's dad. A daring heist and a deadly chase lead Nick and Kate from Washington, D.C., to Shanghai, from the highlands of Scotland to the underbelly of Montreal. But it'll take more than death threats, trained henchmen, sleepless nights, and the fate of a dynasty's priceless heirloom to outsmart Fox and O'Hare.

Becky

The second book is just as fun in the first. A cross between White Collar and RED (for the fun ridiculous factor, also that is how I picture Jake and his friends).

I love Kate and Nick and their ridiculous adventures and love reading each book to figure out what caper is next. Would this book with different authors? Probably not because they manage to get the right balance of humour and action to keep you reading til the end.

The Chase A Novel