Haven't heard of that one. I'm not exactly drawn to mystery/cop/detective/ME/mob-type stories. I like my fiction to be a little less tied to reality. But the Plum stories are more comedy than anything. I'm giggling right now just thinking about some of the characters. If the stories were a TV series they'd be funnier than "Monk".
I enjoy fun books. I'll have to look for that series. I've seen Janet Ivanovich books in the library, I just didn't know much about them.