After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie´s bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton´s premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it´s on Stephanie to track him down. Unfortunately, Cubbin has disappeared without a trace, and when a second felon goes missing from the same hospital, Stephanie is forced to work with Trenton´s hottest cop, Joe Morelli, in order to crack the case. But Stephanie has also accepted a secondary job guarding her mouthwatering mentor Ranger from a deadly Special Forces adversary. While Stephanie is notorious for finding trouble, she may have found a little more than she bargained for this time around. If Stephanie Plum wants to bring in a paycheck, she´ll have to remember: No guts, no glory.