Where there’s smoke there’s fire, and no one knows this better than New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum.
Dead
bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot
of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the
victims have been offed, but what is clear is that Stephanie’s name is on the killer’s list.
Short
on time to find evidence proving the killer’s identity, Stephanie faces
further complications when her family and friends decide that it’s time
for her to choose between her longtime off-again-on-again boyfriend,
Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and the bad boy in her life, security expert
Ranger. Stephanie’s mom is encouraging Stephanie to dump them both and
choose a former high school football star who’s just returned to town.
Stephanie’s sidekick, Lula, is encouraging Stephanie to have a red-hot
boudoir “bake-off.” And Grandma Bella, Morelli’s old-world grandmother,
is encouraging Stephanie to move to a new state when she puts “the eye”
on Stephanie.
With a cold-blooded killer after her, a handful of
hot men, and a capture list that includes a dancing bear and a senior
citizen vampire, Stephanie’s life looks like it’s about to go up in
smoke.