Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Troublemaker. Book one written by Janet Evanovich and Alex Evanovich ; drawn by Joëlle Jones ; background pencils, Ben Dewey ; inks, Andy Owens ; colors, Dan Jackson ; letters, Nate Piekos of Blambot.

Graphic Novel sequel to Metro Girl and Motor Mouth.  Alexandra Barnaby ("Barney") and Sam Hooker are back together in this fun graphic novel. Sam's a NASCAR racer and Barney his mechanic and spotter, so chase scenes figure prominently in these lighthearted tangles of repartee and rotten villains. This time, Barney's friend Rosa has been taken hostage by a voodoo cult. Off scurry Barney and Hooker to rescue her, and we're in for a diverting mix featuring a swamp chase, breaking and entering, a botanical proprietress, and a meddling cougar of a mother.

It is pretty short - 100 pages with only 3-4 panels per page.  So it is easy to follow along and you don't even need to know the 2 other books as each character is introduced in full page glory. The only thing that bugged me is that the ending is left open for the 2nd book to come out.  I wish they had just made one book with all included. it would have been more satisfying.