H50 Shout Out

[asphaltcowgrrl]

So, I was blessed with an advanced reader's copy (ARC) of The Scam by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg.  Now, if you aren't familiar with the Fox and O'Hare series, or even with the lovely Janet Evanovich, let me just say this: she writes hair-brained action thrillers with a ton of laughs.  Her Stephanie Plum books (and the movie, One for the Money) are one of my very favorite feel-good, laugh out loud reads.  This newer series isn't any different.

The premise is this: Kate O'Hare had been chasing con-man Nicholas Fox for years when she finally caught him and caught him good.  Just as she's starting to gloat about putting him away, her boss drops a bomb on her: she's now going to work with said con-man putting the extra big, extra bads away.  You know, the kind of ultimate bad guy that you can't catch through legal means?  Yeah.  It's all like a very silly, very goofy novelization of White Collar.  Although, if you ask me, Nick Fox has Neal Caffrey beat in the charm department.

Er, so why did I bring you here?  Nick has a penchant for old TV shows and movies and every time he comes up with fake identities, the last names are stolen from said TV shows.  Much in the same way that Sam and Dean's FBI personas are always rock stars.  Early in the novel, Nick, Kate and another third party are going by the names of Burns, Houlihan and Blake.

Fast forward to my point.  I'm reading this morning and Kate is in Hawaii looking for her father who has gone missing.  Her phone rings and the caller ID pops up as... Nick McGarrett.  Kate answers her phone and says something to the effect of, "So, I'm assuming you're in Hawaii..."  I about fell out of my chair laughing.  What's even funnier is, I've always kind of pictured Nick Fox as Alex O'Laughlin... somewhere betweent the crazy hair days of Moonlight and his current 'do on H50.  He's tall, dark-haired, handsome and charming.  It fits.  This was one of the few times I told my husband something that made me laugh in a book and he laughed too.  Huzzah!

And now... I think once I finish Peaky Blinders next week, I'm moving on to H50 so I can join in on the fun.

Comments

[kaige68.livejournal.com]

Just leave now!!! :P Now is now wherever we are!

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Well, alrighty then. *grabs keys and runs out the door*

[kaige68.livejournal.com]

I'm going on a road trip to meet Cowgrrl and I'm gonna bring:
Asbestos
Bail
Copyright infringements
Dreamy....

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

Asbestos?

Oh-kay.

I've got:

More bail.
A Nerf bow and girly-colored darts.
Snacks.
My cat because I have no other friends... and he's also a great navigator.

[kaige68.livejournal.com]

Okay, you know we're playing alphabet here? Right? Cause you ain't in alphabetical order.

Asbestos is a cool sneaky weapon, "Don't come near me! I've got ziplok bags of asbestos on me, and I'm not afraid to use them!" People back right the hell off!

Although, now that I think on it, animal crackers would have been a good A to bring too.

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

I... had no idea. So, in that vein, I'll bring:

Enrique Iglesias music
Frozen yogurt
Guardrails
Hat

(Better?)

[kaige68.livejournal.com]

Awesome!!!

Iditarod dogs (you never know where we might get lost)
Junior Mints
Knee pads
Laurie Notaro Audio books!

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

(Er, I'm starting out near Mexico and if I get so lost that I need a Husky, we all might be in trouble... just sayin')

Manly magazines
Nuts (for snacking, that is)
Open windows
Pretty passengers

(I loved that book, by the way)

[kaige68.livejournal.com]

(I think of us something like the Muppet's Movin' right along
Movin' right along (doog-a-doon doog-a-doon).
Hey LA, where've you gone?
Send someone to fetch us, were in Sasketchewan!

Movin' right along (doog-a-doon doog-a-doon).
You take it, you know best.
Hey, I've never seen the sun come up in the West? These things wouldn't surprise me)

Quince Jam - good for trading
Random guys - also good for trading
Superballs
Twizzlers!

(YAY!! I'm so thrilled!)

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

(Hahahaha... I so wouldn't put that past me and my non-direction having self)

Umbrellas just in case
Velour
Wigs - could trade in a jam (hah)
Xanax

(I need to see if the library has more!)

[kaige68.livejournal.com]

(I'm totally the We're heading west! We're absolutely heading west! Why is the sun coming up in the west!)

Yoyos! (or maybe that's just us)
Ziplock bags - For the 'asbestos' or the twizzlers, either way.

YAY Alphabet!

[asphaltcowgrrl.livejournal.com]

(That's me, even with GPS.)

Yay for the alphabets! Yay for us! Oh, and you're assuming there will be Twizzlers left over... that never happens. :D