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Book Review of Explosive Eighteen (Stephanie Plum, Bk 18)

Explosive Eighteen (Stephanie Plum, Bk 18)
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Before Stephanie can even step foot off Flight 127 Hawaii to Newark, shes knee deep in trouble. Her dream vacation turned into a nightmare, and shes flying back to New Jersey solo. Worse still, her seatmate never returned to the plane after the L.A. layover. Now hes dead -- and a ragtag collection of thugs and psychos, not to mention the FBI, are all looking for a photograph he was supposed to be carrying.

Only one person has seen the missing photo: Stephanie Plum. Now shes the target. An FBI sketch artist helps Stephanie re-create the person in the photo, but Stephanies descriptive skills are lacking. Until she can improve them, shell need to watch her back.

Over at the bail bonds agency things are going from bad to worse. Vinnies temporary HQ has gone up in smoke. Stephanies wheelman, Lula, falls for their largest skip yet. Lifetime arch nemesis Joyce Barnhardt moves into Stephanies apartment. And everyone wants to know what happened in Hawaii?

Morelli, Trentons hottest cop, isnt talking about Hawaii. Ranger, the man of mystery, isnt talking about Hawaii. And all Stephanie is willing to say about her Hawaiian vacation is . . . Its complicated