Notorious Nineteen

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 down the con man. The problem is, 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, Plum 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 - Plum 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 it? If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck , she'll have to remember: no guts, no glory. . . . Who Guards The Guardian Angel? New Jersey Bounty Hunter Stephanie Plum Is On The Trail Of A Con-man In Notorious Nineteenth, The Nineteenth Sizzling Adventure In The Hilarious Stephanie Plum Series By Bestselling Author Janet Evanovich. The Perfect Series For Fans Of Sue Grafton And Harlan Coben. Praise For Evanovich: 'evanovich Is A Clever Writer With A Strong Streak Of Laugh Out Loud Sardonic Humour' (melbourne Weekly); 'non-stop Laughs With Plenty Of High Jinks' (usa Today); 'as Smart And Sassy As High Gloss Wet Paint' (time Out). Tracking Down A Multi-million-dollar Fraudster Who Somehow Walked Out Of Hospital After Major Surgery Should Be Easy, Right? But Stephanie's Got More Pressing Work: Her Unbearably Handsome Mentor Ranger Has Been Getting Death Threats From A Fellow Ex-special Forces Operative. Suddenly, She's Meant To Be The One Looking Out For Him. But Between Her Attraction To Ranger And The Killer's Determination, She'll Be Lucky If She Makes It Through The Week... What Readers Are Saying About Notorious Nineteen: 'as Usual Once I Started I Couldn't Put It Down' 'excellent Read - Kept Me In Hysterics' 'hilarious, Understated And Well-written'