Dirty Thirty

"Stephanie Plum, Trenton's hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is looking to bring in fugitive from justice arrested Duncan Dugan, who was caught re-handed robbing Martin Plover's jewelry store and promptly jumped bail. With Dugan in the wind, Plover offers Stephanie a freelance assignment that seems simple enough. He wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds out of his safe on the same day that Dugan cleaned out the display cases in front. Two crooks, two crimes, plenty of problems. With her boyfriend, Joe Morelli, away in Miami on police business, Stephanie is taking care of Bob, Morelli's giant orange dog who will devour anything, from Stephanie's stray doughnuts to the upholstery in her car. Morelli's absence also means the inscrutable, irresistible security expert Ranger is front and center in Stephanie's life when things inevitably go sideways. And he seems determined to stay there. As the body count rises and witnesses start to disappear, it' won't be easy for Stephanie to keep herself clean when everyone else is playing dirty. It's a good thing Stephanie isn't afraid of getting a little dirty, too."--Back cover.