Stephanie gets a dream job — undercover in an ice-cream factory — while Lulu, Randy and Grandma are trying to make a naked reality show.
Okay, I confess, if you put Lulu, Randy and Grandma in any situation for a naked reality show, there are going to be some crazy-fun scenes.… Read the rest
Men are stressing Stephanie out…a burglar who was covered in bacon grease, a frat boy who assaulted a Dean, Morelli who broke up with her, a businessman who hired Rangeman to protect him and his wife, and a guy who tortures women. And one of them has given her a pimple on her chin the size of Mount Everest.… Read the rest
Stephanie is looking for a car dealer named Poletti and nobody seems to be missing him or know anything, except Randy Briggs who needs Poletti in jail.
The plot at least amps up this time to include human trafficking. And when someone starts eliminating loose ends, the threat quotient goes up.… Read the rest
Stephanie is trying to bring in an aging mob-boss who is Morelli’s godfather.
Everyone loves Uncle Sunny so nobody wants to help…not his goons, not Morelli, not Morelli’s family, not anyone in the burg. But that’s not unusual. Dead old ladies showing up in dumpsters and a giraffe running through the burg are unusual.… Read the rest
Someone’s threatening Ranger and his soon-to-be-married army buddy, so he hires Stephanie to help with security for the bride
Stephanie has some of her worst experiences yet and only once turns into a cupcake. The rest of the time, she’s rolling and rolling — missing patients, a Hawaiian tiki god, and a Yeti barely faze her.… Read the rest
While on a flight back from a trip to Hawaii with both Ranger and Morelli (it’s complicated), Stephanie’s seatmate gets whacked during a layover and everyone thinks Stephanie knows something.
While the lighter side of the Plum series is the main draw, it is nice to see that once in awhile it goes a bit darker.… Read the rest
Bodies are popping up on the construction lot for the new bonds office, and somehow it all connects to Stephanie.
While figuring out who is using the site as a body farm, they also get to arrest an old vampire, deal with a culinary matchmaking option, a bear, and Stephanie’s libido in overdrive.… Read the rest
Vinnie has gambling debts, and if he doesn’t cough up $800K, he’s toast. Which would put Connie, Lulu and Stephanie out of work, so they pitch in to help. If they can keep him safe that long.
The various options to get money to save Vinnie were varied, fun and creative.… Read the rest
Stephanie is back working at Rangeman undercover to help Ranger track down the cause of some recent breakins at his clients’ homes. Meanwhile, Lulu wants to find who whacked a bbq chef or win the bbq sauce context, she’s flexible.
The varying combinations of bbq attempts is epic, as are the gaseous results. … Read the rest
Morelli’s cousin committed a robbery years ago and the money was never found. Now people think it is hidden in Morelli’s house, and everybody wants some of it.
The story generally revolves around providing security for an aging country star, and it’s an interesting diversion.… Read the rest
Ranger needs Stephanie to find out what’s going on with Dickie Orr, her ex-husband. Which she does, in normal Stephanie fashion – she brings the crazy.
Dickie going missing is no big deal, but at least it’s the basis for a decent plot. Sort of, anyway.… Read the rest
Ranger’s daughter is kidnapped and Stephanie wants to help. Of course, the arrival of Ranger’s supposed wife puts a small crimp in their relationship. And a fake extra Ranger.
The extra help around the office is fun, as is the interviewing of extra bounty hounters.… Read the rest
Stephanie’s had enough of the bounty hunter business, so she quits and takes a series of jobs around Jersey. Meanwhile, someone’s hunting her with threats, shots, and car bombs. Could it be the undertaker’s son?
All the various jobs going to heck in a handbasket are a hoot, not to mention Stephanie telling people she plays the cello, which they now want her to do at the wedding.… Read the rest
Ten Big Ones is the tenth outing in the Plum series, and this one has Stephanie starting a mini-war with a gang after she sees one of them committing a robbery.
Hijackers of chip trucks, Sally Sweet still in a dress, and school buses all show up to enliven the plot.… Read the rest
To the Nines is the ninth outing in the bounty hunter on LSD series, starring Stephanie Plum, Jersey girl. This one has Plum chasing an immigrant on a work visa bond, all the way from Jersey to Vegas.
The girls’ trip to Vegas was awesome with Connie along, and Stephanie’s random wiping out of RangerMan employees is kind of epic.… Read the rest
Hard Eight is the eighth book in the Stephanie Plum series. In this one, she’s looking for a missing mom and daughter whose grandmother could lose her house if the custody bond is violated.
The story has the typical range of secondary characters, and an addition of a hard-core female bounty hunter along the lines of Ranger.… Read the rest
Seven Up is the seventh outing in the Stephanie Plum, bounty hunter, series. This time she’s after an old mobster who kills people and is dating her grandmother.
As with many of the Plum stories, it is often the secondary characters that add spice and liveliness to the story.… Read the rest
Plum’s got her latest assignment, no problem. She just has to bring in Ranger, a suspect in the death of a wanna-be gangster, the son of an arms dealer.
As with most things Plum, there’s a lot going on … Grandma has moved in, she gets stuck babysitting a wild dog, and there’s a killer running around who likes Stephanie.… Read the rest
Plum is on her fifth outing, looking for her missing uncle and one angry little man. Uncle Fred was complaining about paying for garbage pickup, and the truck skipped his house. So he went into complain and disappeared. Of course, he’s in the Plum family, so the weird part is he left behind photos of severed body parts in garbage bags.… Read the rest
Stephanie Plum has settled in to her job as a bounty hunter, and so picking up a missing NJ girl who failed to appear after stealing her boyfriend’s truck seems like a cakewalk. And there’s a bonus — the boyfriend is willing to give her money too to find her and get some supposed love letters back from her.… Read the rest
