Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel
Author: Janet Evanovich
19 Nov 2013
Price: $3.50
#1 bestselling author Janet Evanovichs Stephanie Plum novels are: irresistible (Houston Chronicle), stunning (Booklist), outrageous (Publishers Weekly), brilliantly evocative (The Denver Post), and making trouble and winning hearts (USA Today). New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is certain of three truths: People dont just vanish into thin air. Never anger old people. And dont do what Tiki tells you to do. After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnies 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 Trentons premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now its 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 staffs lips seem to be tighter than the security, and its hard for Stephanie to blend in to assisted living, Stephanies 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 Trentons 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 moneyor maybe just desperateStephanie 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 againa little food poisoning, some threatening notes, and a bridesmaids dress with an excess of taffeta never killed anyone . . . or did they? If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck, shell have to remember: No guts, no glory.