I have to admit I am a great fan of the series but now Janet Evanovich did it: I'm quitting! I can't believe she wrote this book! The last 50 pages were awful. If she thought she had to change something to keep her fans still interested in the series she could have wrote something that was funny but "Hard Eight" definitely was NOT funny. It's a hard-boiled crime novel and nothing I wanted to read as Stephanie Plum series fan. All I can say is I am totally disappointed, I could have saved my money.