High Five

High Five is a New York Times bestseller and a fan favorite in Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series — fast-paced, genuinely funny, and propelled by a missing uncle, garbage-bag photos of a dismembered body, and the return of a violent stalker. Evanovich's comic timing is real and the mystery has stakes. This needs to be stated plainly for this site's audience, though: High Five is not family-safe. It contains explicit sexual content, graphic violence including dismemberment, a predatory stalking subplot, and coarse humor throughout. It is strictly adult reading, and not appropriate for children, younger teens, or readers seeking faith-friendly content. For the adult crime-comedy fan who knows the series, it delivers. For anyone else browsing here, this one is not for your shelf.