Okay-the mystery has holes, the 90's hair and clothes are humorous, there's no way someone could survive this many "close calls" with dangerous people who have guns....but the tension between Stephanie, Ranger, and Morelli is what keeps me glued to my pile of Stephanie Plum novels. The cliffhanger in this one might have killed me if I couldn't grab #6 right away!

"Out of bail skippers and rent money, Stephanie Plum throws caution to the wind and follows in the entrepreneurial bootsteps of Super Bounty Hunter, Ranger, engaging in morally correct and marginally legal enterprises. So, a scumball blows himself to smithereens on her first day of policing a crack house and the sheik she was chauffeuring stole the limo. But hey, nobody's perfect! Anyway, Stephanie has other things on her mind. Her mother wants her to find Uncle Fred who's missing after arguing with his garbage company; homicidal rapist Benito Ramirez is back, quoting scripture and stalking Stephanie; vice cop Joe Morelli has a box of condoms with Stephanie's name on it; and Stephanie's afraid Ranger has his finger on her trigger. "