<DIV><DIV><DIV>Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet!<BR> <BR>FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS<BR>While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking <I>her.</I><BR> <BR>THEN THE STRANGER REVEALS HER SECRETS<BR>The woman dresses in black, carries a 9mm Glock, and has a bad attitude and a mysterious connection to dark and dangerous Carlos Manoso …street name, Ranger. <BR> <BR>NEXT, SOMEBODY DIES<BR>The action turns deadly serious, and Stephanie goes from hunting skips to hunting a murderer. <BR> <BR>SOON, THE CHASE IS ON<BR>Ranger needs Stephanie for more reasons than he can say.  And now, the two are working together to find a killer, rescue a missing child, and stop a lunatic from raising the body count.  When Stephanie Plum and Ranger get too close for comfort, vice cop Joe Morelli (her on-again, off-again boyfriend) steps in.  <BR> <BR>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, <I>Twelve Sharp</I> shows why her novels have been called “hot stuff” (<I>The New York Times</I>), and Evanovich herself “the master” (<I>San Francisco Examiner</I>).  </DIV></DIV></DIV>