First published 1996
Rookie bounty hunter Stephanie Plum takes on a personal case when her cousin Kenny, a small-time crook, goes on the run. As Stephanie hunts him down, her ex-flame Joe Morelli, a vice cop with questionable ethics, keeps interfering, complicating the case with his relentless libido. Stephanie must navigate a growing body count, a dangerous enemy, and the tangled web of family and law enforcement to bring in Kenny before he or Morelli take her down.
Genres: romance, suspense, mystery, crime, action, contemporary-romance
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: New Jersey, Trenton, Trenton (N.J.)
312 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Pocket Books