Hard Eight
(Janet Evanovich)
?Hard Eight? is Janet Evanovich?s eighth Stephanie Plum adventure. Thistime, the witty bounty hunter from Trenton, New Jersey operates onaccount of her grandmother?s neighbor Mabel Markowitz who needs help infinding her missing granddaughter Evelyn and her child Annie. A casethat started simple is getting more complicated as Stephanie finds outthat Mabel signed a child custody bond guaranteeing that Anniewouldstay in Trenton after her parents? divorce. Befriending the Pillsburydoughboy a.ka. Albert Kloughn, Evelyn?s divorce lawyer, does not helpeither. His eagerness to help coupled with two left feet causes evenmore confusion, and together with Stephanie?s heavy-weight colleagueLula, the trio creates quite a stir. After checking with the ex-husbandand his bond enforcement agent, the trail gets more tangled. ThatEvelyn?s well-known property lord, Eddie Abruzzi shows a suddeninterest in her whereabouts does not make things easier. As a littleside amusement, Stephanie has to pick up Andy Bender, an oldacquaintance who refuses to keep his court appointments. To complicatenot only her professional but also her love life, she has to callRanger for help, her attractive mentor. He helps protect her from agiant rabbit that is stalking Stephanie and started showing up even inher apartment. Stephanie gets competition when Evelyn?s ex-husbandhires bounty hunter Jeanne Ellen Burrows who was trained by Ranger andknows all tricks of the trade. Almost close to bringing Evelyn back,Stephanie?s bad luck gets in the way and Evelyn and Annie escape.Instead, Evelyn?s ex is found dead on Stephanie?s couch andex-boyfriend and cop Joe Morelli comes to the rescue. Virtuallyundeterred, Stephanie continues her chase with fervor, and two cars,several pairs of handcuffs and a couple of dead bodies later, thecomedy thriller comes to an end with Stephanie finding Evelyn and Anniejust as they are about to take off to Miami.
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