Book 16 finds Vincent Plum's Bail Bonds in heaps of trouble and Stephanie Plum the one everyone looks to for rescue. Vinny has been kidnapped by some very angry creditors, and they want their money (over a million dollars) or else Vinnie dies and the bonds office gets blown up. Which would mean Lula, Connie, and Stephanie would be without jobs. Thus begins a series of schemes to free Vinnie, which include breaking and entering, stealing, and stink bombs -- lots of stink bombs.
While trying to rescue Vinnie, Stephanie also needs to earn money to pay rent. So she decides it's probably a wise idea to try to capture some outstanding FTAs. These efforts do not prove any easier than rescuing Vinnie, and take her up against a guard-alligator, a stampede of cattle, and a huge man who isn't phased by tasers.
Amidst the chaos of work, Stephanie deals with her romance life -- which is off-again with Joe and just this side of sizzling with Ranger -- and her own personal emotions... Does she even want to be a bounty hunter anymore? With the clock ticking and Vinnie's creditors unhappy about the money he owes them, it may not matter, because Vincent Plum Bail Bonds may not be in existence much longer!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Death du Jour -- Kathy Reichs
In Canada for a brief two weeks in part to do a favor for a Catholic church there by indentifying the bones of a nun who is being considered for sainthood, Temperance Brennan anticipates a quick open-and-shut case and a return to North Carolina on schedule. What she gets instead is involvement in brutal and seemingly senseless murders that cross two countries, two states, and touch entirely too close to home for her own comfort.
The morning after retrieving the bones of the nun, Tempe is called out by Andrew Ryan, the handsome detective, to attend a crime scene where a massive fire had burned the night before. In the burned home, a total of seven victims are found: one elderly lady, four adults, and two infants. As Tempe and Ryan work to uncover the reason for the brutal murders, they find connections to other murders in the area. Meanwhile, one of the nuns at the church calls on Tempe to help her find her missing niece, which leads Tempe to a professor at McGill University. Before long, it becomes apparent that a cult may be involved with the murders in the burned home -- and possibly even the disappearance of the nun's niece. More horrifying for Temperance is that her own sister may be unwittingly involved with the same cult.
Together Ryan and Tempe track down lead after lead in an attempt to get at the truth. But can they find the person behind the murders before it is too late for Tempe's sister Harry?
The morning after retrieving the bones of the nun, Tempe is called out by Andrew Ryan, the handsome detective, to attend a crime scene where a massive fire had burned the night before. In the burned home, a total of seven victims are found: one elderly lady, four adults, and two infants. As Tempe and Ryan work to uncover the reason for the brutal murders, they find connections to other murders in the area. Meanwhile, one of the nuns at the church calls on Tempe to help her find her missing niece, which leads Tempe to a professor at McGill University. Before long, it becomes apparent that a cult may be involved with the murders in the burned home -- and possibly even the disappearance of the nun's niece. More horrifying for Temperance is that her own sister may be unwittingly involved with the same cult.
Together Ryan and Tempe track down lead after lead in an attempt to get at the truth. But can they find the person behind the murders before it is too late for Tempe's sister Harry?
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