'There are few crime writers who can make their readers laugh out loud at the same time as keeping the tension as high octane as this... ' Express on Sunday

Stephanie Plum is a Bounty Hunter, with big hair, who favours short black dresses, glossy red lipstick and ankle strap heels, more appropriate for her previous life as a lingere seller, than apprehending bail hoppers.

A jersey girl, from the blue collar "burg" in Trenton, New Jersey, where "houses and minds are proud to be narrow" & family ties tend to strangle, Stephanie, goes to work for her cousin Vinnie (president and sole Proprietor of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds), rather than move in with her parents (& the fiesty Grandma Mazur)

With workmates: Lula, the strong minded, receptionist/office manager, who keeps the demanding Vinnie under control;

Ranger, the know-it-all, done-it-all Cuban-American bounty hunter; and the trigger-happy,

Grandma Mazur, Stephanie's grandmother,

Stephanie,comes up against some nasty, violent types in the course of her work.

In Hard Eight, Stephanie is snowed under by her Bounty Hunting duties, when Evelyn, next door neighbour to Stephanie's mother & Grandma Mazur disappears under mysterious circumstances, with her daughter Annie.

Bowing to extreme pressure from her mother & Grandma Mazur Stephanie reluctantly agrees to find Evelyn & Annie.

However, in following their trail Stephanie finds a lot more than she bargained for & comes up against the very scary gangster Eddie Abruzzi.

Morelli & Ranger warn her against going any further, but Grandma Mazur will not be denied. Stephanie finally accepts Rangers help - but what will this mean to their thus far platonic relationship

Strap on your helmet & get ready for the ride of your life. Hard Eight. The world of Stephanie Plum has never been wilder.

'Hilarious reading, with a gorgeous listful of believable and only occasionally muderous eccentrics' Mail on Sunday.

New Hard Back, with dust cover.