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New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is certain of three truths: People don’t just vanish into thin air. Never anger old people. And don’t do what Tiki tells you to do.
After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie’s bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton’s premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it’s on Stephanie to track him down. Unfortunately, Cubbin has disappeared without a trace, a witness, or his money-hungry wife. Rumors are stirring that he must have had help with the daring escape . . . or that maybe he never made it out of his room alive. Since the hospital staff’s lips seem to be tighter than the security, and it’s hard for Stephanie to blend in to assisted living, Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur goes in undercover. But when a second felon goes missing from the same hospital, Stephanie is forced into working side by side with Trenton’s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, in order to crack the case.
The real problem is, no Cubbin also means no way to pay the rent. Desperate for money—or maybe just desperate—Stephanie accepts a secondary job guarding her secretive and mouthwatering mentor Ranger from a deadly Special Forces adversary. While Stephanie is notorious for finding trouble, she may have found a little more than she bargained for this time around. Then again—a little food poisoning, some threatening notes, and a bridesmaid’s dress with an excess of taffeta never killed anyone . . . or did they? If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck, she’ll have to remember: No guts, no glory.
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MY REVIEW:
Okay, so I know I’ve been team Morelli since the beginning here but let’s be honest for a second; Ranger may not be ‘marriage material’ (whatever that is), but he’s the one who is always protecting and rescuing Stephanie. Who helps her out when she needs money? Who provides her with cars when she destroys them? Who gives her gadgets to find and save her when she is attacked or kidnapped? Who takes care of the people who try to attack and kidnap her? And then who repairs her apartment after it’s been destroyed? Certainly not Morelli. All he does is show up and complain about her job and regret wanting her in his life. Considering Stephanie’s already been through one failed marriage, and she obviously doesn’t want to get married anyway, I’m not sure why she’s always counting Ranger’s matrimony capacity as a strike against him. Probably because it’s the only thing she’s got to hold against him. Otherwise, there would be an obvious winner here.
With all of that said, this was another rinse and repeat Stephanie Plum book. More danger, more explosions, more kidnapping, and no progression or growth.
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