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    The Big Kahuna: A Fox and O'Hare Novel

    Written by Janet Evanovich and Peter Evanovich

    Narrated by Scott Brick

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    About this audiobook

    A stoner, an Instagram model, a Czech oligarch, and a missing unicorn.  Nick Fox and Kate O'Hare have their work cut out for them in their weirdest, wildest adventure yet in this latest entry in the New York Times bestselling series by Janet and Peter Evanovich.

    Straight arrow FBI Agent Kate O'Hare always plays by the rules.  Charming Con Man Nicholas Fox makes them up as he goes along.  She thinks he's nothing but a scoundrel.  He thinks she just needs to lighten up.  They're working together to tackle the out-of-bounds cases ordinary FBI agents can't touch.  And, their relationship?  Well, there hasn't been so much explosive chemistry since Nitro was introduced to Glycerin.

    Next on the docket: The mysterious disappearance of the Silicon Valley billionaire, known as the Big Kahuna.  Kate's been assigned to find him but no one seems particularly keen on helping.  His twenty-six year old adult actress wife-turned Instagram model wife and his shady Czech business partner are more interested in gaining control of his company.  For that they need a dead body not a living Kahuna.

    The only lead they have is the Kahuna's drop-out son, who's living the dream in Hawaii — if your dream is starting your day with the perfect wave and ending it with a big bowl of weed.  To get close to the Kahuna's son, Kate and Nick go undercover as a married couple in the big wave, bohemian, surfer community of Paia, Maui.  Living a laid back, hippy-dippy lifestyle isn't exactly in Kate's wheelhouse, but the only thing more horrifying is setting up house with Nick Fox, even if he does look pretty gnarly on a longboard.  If they don't catch a break soon, waves aren't the only thing she's going to be shredding (or bedding).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 7, 2019
    ISBN9780525634300
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    The Big Kahuna: A Fox and O'Hare Novel
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    Janet Evanovich

    Over the last twenty-six years, Janet Evanovich has written a staggering forty-five New York Times bestsellers. In addition to her #1 bestselling Stephanie Plum novels and many other popular books, Janet is the author of The Recovery Agent, the start of a blockbuster new series. 

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    Reviews for The Big Kahuna

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    • 4/5
      Enjoyable entry into the series the Kate and Nick. Everything is totally improbably but the descriptions of the various locales (Prague, Maui, etc,), the humor and the characters make it a worthwhile read. I actually liked this one more than some of the others I read. The villain was very villainous. A pretty fast read as Evanovich's books tend to be.
    • 2/5
      FBI agent Kate O’Hare teams up with Nicholas Fox, con man extraordinaire, to search for missing Silicon Valley billionaire Richard Wylde [widely known as the Big Kahuna]. But they’re not the only ones searching for Wylde; soon it becomes a race to see if they can find him before those who want him dead succeed in killing him. Along with the guidebook descriptions of the countryside, there are some interesting characters and some moments of humor in this, the sixth outing for Fox and O’Hare. But there’s a huge disconnect between this book and the earlier escapades of Nick and Kate, which may translate into major disappointment for readers who are fans of the series and which may precipitate the tossing of the book toward the nearest wall. The name’s the same for the characters, but no one bears even the slightest resemblance to their characters from the first five books in the series. The con doesn’t happen until the story has almost run its course; ad nauseum slapstick and oft-repeated eye rolling have replaced the charm, the witty banter, and the cocky attitudes. The narrative feels “off,” as if aliens have somehow taken control of suave, intelligent Nick and loyal, capable Kate. Readers who love the complexity of the con and the interplay between the characters found in the earlier books are likely to find themselves wishing for a major rewrite.
    • 3/5
      Wow! I’m not sure where to go with this review and this rating. I enjoyed the story, the humor was good and the plot was interesting, I even enjoyed the addition of Cosmo, who gave a good bit of comic relief to the story. What has me confused is the changes in the overall series. Up until this book, Nick and Kate were a ‘couple’ and I loved the two of them together. In this book, the relationship has regressed back to about the point it was in the first book of the series. Another thing is that kick-ass Kate isn’t so kick-ass anymore. Yes, she was tough, but Nick seemed to be the one with all of the physical skills. I’m sure a lot of it is because of the new co-author, but Janet Evanovich was still there and should certainly have seen to the continuity of the series. Kate and Nick’s relationship is what made the series work and I hope that their lack of a relationship in this book doesn’t sound the death-knell for the series.Kate and Nick are handed an assignment to find a missing Silicon Valley billionaire. Since neither Kate nor Nick are good at doing the required paperwork, another member, Cosmo, is added to their team. Most reviewers didn’t seem to appreciate Cosmo, but I did. I thought he added a good bit of comic relief – he made me think of a Tim Conway type of character.The missing man, an excellent pilot, took off in his plane and just disappeared. His wife and business associates want him declared dead, but Nick and Kate won’t declare that until they have proof of his demise. The only clue to his location is his game-playing, weed-smoking son who lives on a farm in Hawaii. When Nick and Kate arrive at the farm, it is to find several heavily armed mercenaries approaching the farmhouse. They manage to get rid of the mercenaries and then plan to follow the son to wherever his father might be hiding.The story is action-packed and interesting. We travel from Hawaii to New Zealand to the Czech Republic and along the way we sink boats, blow up mountains, and set fire to vineyards. We have lots of page time with Kate’s father and I liked that part, but none of Nick’s entourage appeared at all and I missed them.So, I’m rating this a three-star because it is such a departure from the previous books in the series. Had this been the first book, perhaps I wouldn’t have been disappointed, but as it was the sixth book, it should have added to the series rather than regressing it – no matter how good the story was or wasn’t.
    • 5/5
      The Big Kahuna is an excellent thrilling book. There are good guys and bad guys and even romance. The Big Kahuna keeps its pace from the beginning as we travel through Los Angeles, through Hawaii to Queensland, Australia, Budapest, Hungary to its conclusion back in Los Angeles. There is a solid conclusion to this story. It was not too long or too short. Therefore, five stars for a perfectly written story that was thoroughly enjoyable.
    • 4/5
      Another fun adventure with Fox and O'Hare. Their predicaments and side-kicks keeps you wondering what will happen next.
    • 3/5
      Weird. The last novel had a cliffhanger. What happened? How did we go back in time? This was more like a book 2 or 3 in the series, forgetting all the advances their relationship had advanced.
    • 4/5
      Typical evanovich whodunit.
    • 2/5
      For some reason I thought that the fifth book in this series is the last one. So when I found out there will be another one, I was in ecstasy. People bound about Lee Goldberg not being on the deck, but to be honest I didn’t care. I haven’t read any of his other books, I didn’t see the difference. Now I do.

      Apparently, Lee Goldberg is responsible for all this brilliant humour in this series. Without him, there is not much left in here. Previous books are on the very edge of a parody and I love it! This one is more your casual comedy. And not even a good one.

      All those brilliant, intelligent, witty dialogues are completely gone. With other books in this series I laughed out loud time after time. Here I smiled from time to time and giggled once or twice. But I also rolled my eyes and yawned. Nothing left from this wonderful charm, this lightness and brightness of the previous books. The dialogues are now really uninspiring and many times just meaningless. They are there just to fill the pages. Cosmo, who is probably supposed to be funny, only annoys me. It’s good we have Vicky who makes a better character saving the show.

      And let’s stop for a minute and look at Kate and Nick. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but they are boring. Yes, those fascinating characters with vivid personalities are actually pretty dull. For some reason Kate is no longer your kick-ass heroine who can deal with everything but some unconfident, clumsy amateur. She needs constant Nick's guidance. And he is happy to deliver, since he turns into some Chuck Norris on steroids. Now, he is an expert in all the physical activities that used to be Kate's domain. Whatever it is - swimming, climbing, parachuting - Nick is your man. Kate is a bit disposable most of the story. And don't get me wrong, I love Nick, but even more I love Nick AND Kate as a couple.

      And speaking of that, what has happened to their relationship?! They had sex in the previous books! They were dating! And now, out of nowhere we are back to the square one. Well, not even to square one but some odd situation where we don’t really know what is going on. The temperature of their relationship is somewhere between book one and book two. Kate tolerates Nick, and he makes a pass at her from time to time but with no heart to it. This discontinuity seriously bothers me. There was this wonderful sexual tension between them in the previous books and now it’s totally gone.

      And let’s talk about the plot. I would really like to know where to find one, because this book is in a serious need of some. The plot-line is sparse and feeble. Kate and Nick wander between Hawaii, New Zealand and the Czech Republic basically without much purpose or plan. For some reason I do not quite understand, they are engaged in searching for a missing specialist in AI. Why a world-class thief is needed for this is a mystery to me. And let's say it clearly and soundly, there is no proper con in this story. Yes, no con, if you don’t count this weak attempt that barely covers two chapters and that we have already seen in the previous book. Oh, and one more thing, there is also no our well-known crew, just so you know.

      One last thing, because this bothers me a lot. Seriously, what is with all these encyclopedic bits about Hawaii and New Zealand? If I was so curious, I would just read Wikipedia. The highest mountain, the area of the island and so on… all those unnecessary and uninteresting titbits plus constant swoon over the beauty of Hawaii/New Zealand. Were the authors paid to include those parts? Because they for sure look really forced and bizarre.

      If this book wasn’t the same length as the others in this series, I would think this is just an in-between novella. It seriously feels like one. There is no full cast of characters, some minor characters are given a chance, the plot is unlike the well-known pattern and the general plot-line (like Kate and Nick relationship) doesn’t move a bit. I’m seriously disappointed. After this book, I wish the series ended with the last one. And that’s something since I love this series!

      I'm giving 2.5 stars.
    • 3/5
      I am not real sure where to begin with this one. I feel like a lot of the other reviews pretty much nailed my thoughts although I don’t like to go strictly off of other’s reviews if I am really into a series. Unfortunately, I should have listened I guess.
      I did not realize at first that Lee Goldberg was not a co-author. I believe that made a big difference here. I do enjoy Evanovich’s crazy characters, but not so much in this series. The characters in this series are more grounded and sensible than characters in her other books. That was not seen here. I know it’s been a while since her last release for the series, but I really felt like I was missing something because I thought that there was a pretty big cliffhanger with book number five. Turns out there was, but somehow the ball was dropped between books number five and six. I don’t even feel I know Kate and Nick anymore.
      Even more odd is that I felt at times that I was reading a bad Private novel written by James Patterson. Sadly, probably the worst Janet Evanovich book I’ve read.