Hard Eight is the eighth novel by Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich is an American writer. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring Stephanie Plum, a lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who becomes a bounty hunter to...

 featuring the bounty hunter Stephanie Plum

Stephanie Plum

Stephanie Plum is a fictional character and the protagonist in a series of novels written by Janet Evanovich. She is a spunky combination of Nancy Drew and Dirty Harry, and - although a female bounty hunter - is the opposite of Domino Harvey...

. It was written in 2002.

This book is notable for the introduction of Albert Kloughn, an attorney and soon to be brother-in-law of Stephanie.

Stephanie, on a "break" from her relationship with Joe Morelli, has sex with Ranger.

Hard Eight revolves around a child custody bond, rather than a criminal bond, as a main plot, and marks the (sometimes repeated) departure of the series from Stephanie chasing bad guys to Stephanie being stalked. In Books #9, #10, #11, and #12 all revolve around Stephanie having a stalker. This is a radical departure from the previous seven books.

Car Death

1.Honda CR-V - Fire bombed by a rabbit

2.Honda CR-V - Doused with lighter fluid and lit up with a match

3.Ranger's Truck - Set on fire when a package was thrown in the bed