The Big Kahuna

Janet Evanovich · Peter Evanovich

May 2019 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

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 New York Times bestseller 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).

Ratings and reviews

This book is absolutely the worst in the series. it is like old chewing gum, that was chewed, spat out, then picked and chewed again, full of the borrowings from the previous books, riddled with the plot holes and unrealistic details (no the boats with shot engine to not skid sideways and roll). Probably realizing that a sexual suspense between the main characters was half of the plot in the previous books, author plays the climax back but this time it is ugly, the nice okay and chemistry is replaced with horny gorilla advances and old "this will never happen" response. The author aims between Fleming and Clancy but lands between Archer and Looney tunes. I couldn't even finish the book, when the plot holes in the last 10% became plain ridiculous.

Lacking Lee Goldberg and all the wonderful characters he created, this book drags aaalong at snail's pace. Unimaginative. 0*'s.

I have to say, I did notice a few characters and or scenes reminiscent of a certain bounty hunter. I loved Vicky and Cosmo. I also loved Bob the Wizard...lumos! This may be her best work ever. 😂 I LMAO!

About the author

Janet Evanovich is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, the Fox and O'Hare series and the Knight and Moon series.  

Peter Evanovich is Janet's son. He has been an important part of the Evanovich writing team since the beginning of the Plum series.