Two for the Dough (A Stephanie Plum Novel)

It's Stephanie Plum, New Jersey's "fugitive apprehension" agent (aka bounty hunter), introduced to the world by Janet Evanovich in the award-winning novel "One for the Money."Now Stephanie's back, armed with attitude - not to mention stun guns, defense sprays, killer flashlights, and her trusty .38 - and is after a new bail jumper, Kenny Mancuso, a boy from Trenton's burg.
His fresh out of the army, suspiciously wealthy, and he's just shot his best friend. With her bounty hunter pal Ranger stepping into occasionally  advise her when necessary, Stephanie staggers kneedeep in corpses and caskets as she traipses through back streets, dark alleys, and funeral parlors. And nobody knows funeral parlors better than Stephanie's irrepressible Grandma Mazur, a lady whose favorite pastime is grabbing a front-row seat at a neighborhood wake.
So Stephanie uses Grandma as a cover to follow her leads, but loses control when Grandma warms to the action. Much to the family's chagrin, Stephanie and Granny may soon have the elusive Kenny in their sights.
Fast-talking, slow-handed vice cop Joe Morelli joins in the case, since the prey happens to be his younger cousin.
And if the assignment calls for an automobile stakeout for two with the woman who puts his libido in overdrive, Morelli's not one to object.
Low on expertise but learning fast, high on resilience, and despite the help she gets from friends and relatives, Stephanie eventually must face the danger alone when embalmed body parts begin to arrive on her doorstep and she's targeted for a nasty death by the most loathsome adversary she's ever encountered yet.Another case like this and she'll be a real pro. "Two for the Dough" is irresistible fun and powerful suspense entertainment from an acclaimed author who is already a national star.