Hard Eight is the eighth mystery novel in the Stephanie Plum series by author Janet Evanovich.
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has a problem: 7-year-old Annie Soder and her mother, Evelyn, have disappeared.
Evelyn’s estranged husband, Steven, is not pleased. He and Evelyn have signed a custody agreement, and Steven wants bail to find Annie. The money was secured by a mortgage on Evelyn’s grandmother’s house and True Blue Bonds wanted to own it.
But Evelyn’s grandmother lives next to Stephanie’s parents, and they won’t have to watch her neighbor lose her home to the kidnapping.
Stephanie tracks down Annie and Evelyn – and finds more than she bargained for. Steven is somehow linked to the very creepy Eddie Abruzzi. Officer Trenton and fiance Joe Morelli, again, again, and Stephanie’s mentor, Ranger, join the scene, and since Stephanie needs Ranger expertise, she accepts his help. him – although that may mean paying off some past debt.
