He is trying to use Stephanie as bait, tracing her with a GPS-device, so that he can find his daughter.Īfter Scrog kills Carmen he kidnaps Stephanie to complete his 'family' and start a new life. Ranger asks Steph for help, knowing that she is what the kidnapper wants. Scrog wants to be Ranger, because he once saw him arresting an FTA (failure to appear) in the store he worked at and knew that he´d been meant to be Ranger. Scrog looks quite a lot like Ranger, that makes the entire thing even more complicated. As the story progresses, Stephanie learns that Carmen is actually married to a man named Edward Scrog who is attempting to steal Ranger's identity, even going so far as to kidnap Ranger's daughter Julie. He is trying his best to find his daughter, which isn't made easier by the fact that the police are looking for him. Ranger comes back to Trenton and hides at Stephanie´s apartment. Ranger is out of town on 'bad business' when Stephanie learns that his daughter has been kidnapped. Synopsis: 'The novel begins with Stephanie being stalked by Carmen Manoso, a woman claiming to be the wife of Ranger, a fellow bounty hunter with whom Stephanie has occasionally been intimate. Will the ticking clock stop at the stroke of twelve, or will a stranger in the wind find a way to stop Stephanie Plum.forever? Filled with Janet Evanovich's trademark action, nonstop adventure, and sharp humor, Twelve Sharp shows why her novels have been called 'hot stuff' ( The New York Times), and Evanovich herself 'the master' ( San Francisco Examiner). When Stephanie Plum and Ranger get too close for comfort, vice cop Joe Morelli (her on-again, off-again boyfriend) steps in. And now, the two are working together to find a killer, rescue a missing child, and stop a lunatic from raising the body count. Ranger needs Stephanie for more reasons than he can say.

The action turns deadly serious, and Stephanie goes from hunting skips to hunting a murderer. The woman dresses in black, carries a 9mm Glock, and has a bad attitude and a mysterious connection to dark and dangerous Carlos Manoso.

While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her. Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet!

Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich