Hardcore Twenty-Four: A Stephanie Plum Novel

Janet Evanovich´s #1 New York Times bestselling sensation Stephanie Plum returns in her twenty-forth thriller as mutilated corpses litter the streets of New Jersey... Trouble comes in bunches for Stephanie Plum. First, professional grave robber and semi-professional loon, Simon Diggery, won´t let her take him in until she agrees to care for his boa constrictor, Ethel. Stephanie´s main qualification for babysitting an extremely large snake is that she owns a stun gun--whether that´s for use on the wandering serpent or the petrified neighbors remains to be seen. Events take a dark turn when headless bodies start appearing across town. At first, it´s just corpses from a funeral home and the morgue that have had the heads removed. But when a homeless man is murdered and dumped behind a church Stephanie knows that she´s the only one with a prayer of catching this killer. If all that´s not enough, Diesel´s back in town. The 6-foot-tall, blonde-haired hunk is a man who accepts no limits--that includes locked doors, closed windows and underwear. Trenton´s hottest cop, Joe Morelli isn´t pleased at this unexpected arrival nor is Ranger, the high-powered security consultant who has his own plans for Stephanie. As usual Jersey´s favorite bounty hunter is stuck in the middle with more questions than answers. What´s the deal with Grandma Mazur´s latest online paramour? Who is behind the startling epidemic of mutilated corpses? And is the enigmatic Diesel´s sudden appearance a coincidence or the cause of recent deadly events?