People don t just vanish into thin air Never anger old people And don t do what Tiki tells you to do.
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. a witness. or his money-hungry wife. Rumors are stirring that he must have had help with the daring escape ... or that maybe he never made it out of his room alive.