Four More Stephanie Plum Mysteries and a New Series from Janet Evanovich

Random House announced today that crime novelist Janet Evanovich will write four more "Stephanie Plum" mysteries. Already under contract is the next in the series, Notorious Nineteen, which hits bookstores this coming November. No word on the breakdown between numbered and between-the-numbers titles.

The publisher also announced that Evanovich will team up with Lee Goldberg — who is probably best known as the author of the popular "Mr. Monk" novels — to write a new series, which "will feature FBI agent Kate Winslow and international fugitive Danny Cole and will be a thrilling combination of crime, romance, and adventure. The first in the series is scheduled for publication in fall 2013."

Evanovich's most recent mystery is the second in the "Lizzy Tucker / Diesel" series, Wicked Business, which was published earlier this week, and has already hit the bestseller list.