Basically this was not her best effort. In the predictable column, Stephanie sleeps with Joe and lusts after Ranger. Grandma does her deal and sister is pretty much absent. Her car doesn't get blown up and someone new is running the funeral home. I did read it in one night as I love her work, but I didn't get the thrill I usually get from Stephanie Plum. I also thought it very strange that all of a sudden, there is this Ranger stalked who knows all about him, has been following him and Ranger doesn't have a clue? Excuse me, that is not the Ranger of any of the other books. 11 previous books make him the super competent, enigmatic character that no one can trace and now all of a sudden, this store clerk has been stalking him for months and he didn't know that they guy was screwing with his life, his credit, his name and kidnapping his kid? I don't expect these to be plausible, but at least be consistent. I was disappointed.