Hard Eight, by Janet Evanovich, is the eighth book in the Stephanie Plum series. I've grown terribly fond of the characters after reading eight novels. The books are easy to pick up and jump right in because I know what I'm getting into. It's like going to a party where you know everyone! No awkward moments. Some books in the series are pretty light and don't have much substance but I didn't find that with Hard Eight.
Hard Eight is one of the few books in the series where I really felt that Stephanie was in big trouble. Stephanie started off trying to find a mother who had disappeared with her young daughter. In the process she angered a very bad "business" man who made it his job to terrorize her. And he terrorized her in some severely creepy ways. There was also the very needed humor -especially with the introduction of Albert Kloughn. Such a needy little guy!
Throughout the story, I was completely drawn in to see what was going to happen to Stephanie next. It was actually pretty dark and scary. This is definitely one of the better books in the series as far as suspense goes. I really enjoyed it and look forward to continuing the series.
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