<p>Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet!</p><p>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></p><p>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.</p><p>NEXT, SOMEBODY DIES<br>The action turns deadly serious, and Stephanie goes from hunting skips to hunting a murderer.</p><p>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. </p><p>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 &quot;hot stuff&quot; (<i>The New York Times</i>), and Evanovich herself &quot;the master&quot; (<i>San Francisco Examiner</i>).</p>