Janet Evanovich's latest Stephanie Plum book was pretty good. Steph comes into the office one morning and is shocked that Connie isn't there. Connie is *always* there. And it looks like the inventory room, where they keep the items people put up as collateral for bail, has been ransacked. Then the office gets a strange phone call from a man claiming to have something of Vinnie's and he wants his item back. Vinnie is (unfortunately) in Atlantic City and dismisses the call as a crank when Stephanie calls him, but she's worried the caller kidnapped Connie and is holding her for ransom. She enlists Ranger's help, since the kidnapper warned her not to go to the police.
The usual stuff happened: Ranger loans Stephanie a Porsche after her car gets blown up, which gets destroyed by Morelli's crazy grandma, Bella; Lula goes nuts buying new office furniture on Vinnie's card; Grandma Mazur makes Stephanie take her to a couple of viewings, all the usual antics. Stephanie treads on dangerous ground with Ranger, which felt sort of wrong since she's technically with Morelli. Marry him or don't, it doesn't matter to me, but don't fool around with Ranger on the side. That's just not cool. I think Joe would be amenable to marriage if she suggested it. But what do I know? :)
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